NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       DSA_size - get DSA signature size

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

       libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

        #include <openssl/dsa.h>

        int DSA_size(DSA *dsa);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       The size in bytes.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       openssl_dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

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



2000-07-22                    0.9.6g                  DSA_size(3)