DSA_GENERATE_KEY(3)

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 VALUES
DSA_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

SEE ALSO
DSA_new(3), ERR_get_error(3), RAND_bytes(3), DSA_generate_parameters_ex(3)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2000-2018 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>.