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author | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-01-27 19:31:26 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-01-27 19:31:26 +0000 |
commit | 38e33cef15e7965ad9fd9db4b08fb2f5dc1bc573 (patch) | |
tree | 27216af3df8adcdc381475ca7011f43fcf34e7fe /doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod | |
parent | 0c23524963064a3bf8206b28c97f88e157d29fa7 (diff) |
Document DSA and SHA.
New function BN_pseudo_rand().
Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when
generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod | 46 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod b/doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9dcf73de16 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/crypto/DSA_do_sign.pod @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +DSA_do_sign, DSA_do_verify - Raw DSA signature operations + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/dsa.h> + + DSA_SIG *DSA_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, DSA *dsa); + + int DSA_do_verify(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len, + DSA_SIG *sig, DSA *dsa); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +DSA_do_sign() computes a digital signature on the B<len> byte message +digest B<dgst> using the private key B<dsa> and returns it in a +newly allocated B<DSA_SIG> structure. + +L<DSA_sign_setup(3)|DSA_sign_setup(3)> may be used to precompute part +of the signing operation in case signature generation is +time-critical. + +DSA_do_verify() verifies that the signature B<sig> matches a given +message digest B<dgst> of size B<len>. B<dsa> is the signer's public +key. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +DSA_do_sign() returns the signature, NULL on error. DSA_do_verify() +returns 1 for a valid signature, 0 for an incorrect signature and -1 +on error. The error codes can be obtained by +L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dsa(3)|dsa(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<DSA_SIG_new(3)|DSA_SIG_new(3)>, +L<DSA_sign(3)|DSA_sign(3)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +DSA_do_sign() and DSA_do_verify() were added in OpenSSL 0.9.3. + +=cut |