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)


COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.