DSA_generate_key 3 2003-07-24 0.9.9-dev OpenSSL

### NAME

DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

### LIBRARY

libcrypto, -lcrypto

### SYNOPSIS

     #include

     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.