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GENDSA(1)                    OpenSSL                    GENDSA(1)



NAME

       gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parame-
       ters


LIBRARY

       libcrypto, -lcrypto


SYNOPSIS

       openssl gendsa [-out filename] [-des] [-des3] [-idea]
       [-rand file(s)] [paramfile]


DESCRIPTION

       The gendsa command generates a DSA private key from a DSA
       parameter file (which will be typically generated by the
       openssl dsaparam command).


OPTIONS

       -des|-des3|-idea
           These options encrypt the private key with the DES,
           triple DES, or the IDEA ciphers respectively before
           outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.  If none
           of these options is specified no encryption is used.

       -rand file(s)
           a file or files containing random data used to seed
           the random number generator, or an EGD socket (see
           RAND_egd(3)).  Multiple files can be specified sepa-
           rated by a OS-dependent character.  The separator is ;
           for MS-Windows, , for OpenVMS, and : for all others.

       paramfile
           This option specifies the DSA parameter file to use.
           The parameters in this file determine the size of the
           private key. DSA parameters can be generated and exam-
           ined using the openssl dsaparam command.


NOTES

       DSA key generation is little more than random number gen-
       eration so it is much quicker that RSA key generation for
       example.


SEE ALSO

       openssl_dsaparam(1), openssl_dsa(1), openssl_genrsa(1),
       openssl_rsa(1)













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