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DSA_size(3)                         OpenSSL                        DSA_size(3)




NAME

       DSA_size - get DSA signature size


LIBRARY

       libcrypto, -lcrypto


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

       openssl_dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)


HISTORY

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



0.9.9-dev                         2003-07-24                       DSA_size(3)