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<h1>DSA_size(3)</h1>

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<H1><A NAME="NAME">NAME</A></H1>
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DSA_size - get DSA signature size

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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_size(const DSA *dsa);
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<H1><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
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This function returns the size of an ASN.1 encoded DSA signature in bytes.
It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for a DSA
signature.

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<STRONG>dsa-&gt;q</STRONG> must not be <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>.

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<H1><A NAME="RETURN_VALUE">RETURN VALUE</A></H1>
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The size in bytes.

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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/DSA_sign.html#">DSA_sign(3)</A>



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<CODE>DSA_size()</CODE> is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.

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