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<h1>DSA_generate_key(3)</h1>

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<H1><A NAME="NAME">NAME</A></H1>
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DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

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<H1><A NAME="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
<PRE> #include &lt;openssl/dsa.h&gt;
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<PRE> int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);
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<H1><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
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<CODE>DSA_generate_key()</CODE> expects <STRONG>a</STRONG> to contain DSA parameters. It generates a new key pair and stores it in <STRONG>a-&gt;pub_key</STRONG> and <STRONG>a-&gt;priv_key</STRONG>.

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The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling <CODE>DSA_generate_key().</CODE>

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<H1><A NAME="RETURN_VALUE">RETURN VALUE</A></H1>
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<CODE>DSA_generate_key()</CODE> returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The
error codes can be obtained by <A HREF="../crypto/ERR_get_error.html#">ERR_get_error(3)</A>.

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<H1><A NAME="SEE_ALSO">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
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<A HREF="../crypto/dsa.html#">dsa(3)</A>, <A HREF="../crypto/ERR_get_error.html#">ERR_get_error(3)</A>, <A HREF="../crypto/rand.html#">rand(3)</A>,
<A HREF="../crypto/DSA_generate_parameters.html#">DSA_generate_parameters(3)</A>



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<CODE>DSA_generate_key()</CODE> is available since SSLeay 0.8.

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