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DSA_size

Section: OpenSSL (3)
Updated: 2017-05-25
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NAME

DSA_size - get DSA signature size  

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/dsa.h>

 int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);

 

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.

dsa->q must not be NULL.  

RETURN VALUE

The size in bytes.  

SEE ALSO

dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)  

HISTORY

DSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.


 

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