- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUE
- SEE ALSO
- HISTORY

# NAME

DSA_generate_key - generate DSA key pair

# SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/dsa.h>

     int DSA_generate_key(DSA *a);

# DESCRIPTION

`DSA_generate_key()` expects a to contain DSA parameters. It generates a new key pair and stores it in a->pub_key and a->priv_key.

The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling DSA_generate_key().

# RETURN VALUE

`DSA_generate_key()` returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error.

# SEE ALSO

dsa, ERR_get_error, rand, DSA_generate_parameters

# HISTORY

`DSA_generate_key()` is available since SSLeay 0.8.