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51.Dd $Mdocdate: June 10 2019 $
52.Dt DSA_GENERATE_KEY 3
53.Os
54.Sh NAME
55.Nm DSA_generate_key
56.Nd generate DSA key pair
57.Sh SYNOPSIS
58.In openssl/dsa.h
59.Ft int
60.Fo DSA_generate_key
61.Fa "DSA *a"
62.Fc
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64.Fn DSA_generate_key
65expects
66.Fa a
67to contain DSA parameters.
68It generates a new key pair and stores it in
69.Fa a->pub_key
70and
71.Fa a->priv_key .
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73.Fn DSA_generate_key
74returns 1 on success or 0 otherwise.
75The error codes can be obtained by
76.Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr DSA_generate_parameters 3 ,
79.Xr DSA_get0_key 3 ,
80.Xr DSA_new 3
81.Sh HISTORY
82.Fn DSA_generate_key
83first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.0 and has been available since
84.Ox 2.4 .
85