DSA_generate_key(3)

DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

Showing IRIX 6.5.30 (default release). Added in IRIX 6.5.22.

     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.