DSA_generate_key

Generate a DSA public/private key pair from parameters already in a.

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/dsa.h>

[[deprecated]]
int
DSA_generate_key(DSA* a);

WARNING

Deprecated. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.

Description

Deprecated; prefer EVP_PKEY_keygen_init() / EVP_PKEY_keygen() for DSA. The CSPRNG must be seeded; failure to seed or reseed causes this call to fail.

Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

Parameters

NameDescription
aDSA object that already holds domain parameters; receives pub_key and priv_key.