NAME
DSA_new,
DSA_up_ref, DSA_free
— allocate and free DSA
objects
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/dsa.h>
DSA*
DSA_new(void);
int
DSA_up_ref(DSA *dsa);
void
DSA_free(DSA *dsa);
DESCRIPTION
The DSA functions implement the Digital Signature Algorithm.
DSA_new()
allocates and initializes a DSA structure, setting the
reference count to 1. It is equivalent to calling
DSA_new_method(3) with a NULL
argument.
DSA_up_ref()
increments the reference count by 1.
DSA_free()
decrements the reference count by 1. If it reaches 0, it frees the
DSA structure and its components. The values are
erased before the memory is returned to the system. If
dsa is a NULL pointer, no
action occurs.
RETURN VALUES
If the allocation fails, DSA_new() returns
NULL and sets an error code that can be obtained by
ERR_get_error(3). Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly
allocated structure.
DSA_up_ref() returns 1 for success or 0
for failure.
SEE ALSO
BN_new(3), crypto(3), d2i_DSAPublicKey(3), DH_new(3), DSA_do_sign(3), DSA_dup_DH(3), DSA_generate_key(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3), DSA_get0_pqg(3), DSA_get_ex_new_index(3), DSA_meth_new(3), DSA_print(3), DSA_security_bits(3), DSA_set_method(3), DSA_SIG_new(3), DSA_sign(3), DSA_size(3), EVP_PKEY_set1_DSA(3), RSA_new(3)
STANDARDS
US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186 (Digital Signature Standard, DSS), ANSI X9.30
HISTORY
DSA_new() and
DSA_free() first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.0 and have
been available since OpenBSD 2.4.
DSA_up_ref() first appeared in OpenSSL
0.9.7 and has been available since OpenBSD 3.2.