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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_size.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_size.pod')
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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/DSA_size.pod b/doc/crypto/DSA_size.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..551d1e25ab --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/crypto/DSA_size.pod @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +DSA_size - Get DSA signature size + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/dsa.h> + + int DSA_size(DSA *dsa); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +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. + +B<dsa-E<gt>q> must not be B<NULL>. + +=head1 RETURN VALUE + +The size in bytes. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dsa(3)|dsa(3)>, L<DSA_sign(3)|DSA_sign(3)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +DSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. + +=cut |