DSA_size
Section: OpenSSL (3)
Updated: 2002-08-05
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NAME
DSA_size - get DSA signature size
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dsa.h>
int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);
DESCRIPTION
This function returns the size of an ASN.1 encoded DSA signature in
bytes. It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated
for a DSA signature.
dsa->q must not be NULL.
RETURN VALUE
The size in bytes.
SEE ALSO
dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)
HISTORY
DSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.