NAME¶
DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair
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¶
dsa(3),
ERR_get_error(3),
rand(3),
DSA_generate_parameters(3)
HISTORY¶
DSA_generate_key() is available since SSLeay 0.8.