DSA_generate_key(3) |
OpenSSL |
DSA_generate_key(3) |
NAME
DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair
LIBRARY
libcrypto, -lcrypto
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dsa.h>
int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);
DESCRIPTION
DSA_generate_key() expects
a to contain DSA parameters. It generates a new key pair and stores it in
a->pub_key and
a->priv_key.
The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling DSA_generate_key().
RETURN VALUE
DSA_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
SEE ALSO
openssl_dsa(3), ERR_get_error(3), openssl_rand(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3)
HISTORY
DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.