MirOS Manual: DSA_size(3)


DSA_SIZE(3)                  OpenSSL                  DSA_SIZE(3)

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 sig-
     nature 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.

MirOS BSD #10-current      2005-02-05                           1

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