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DSA_new

Section: OpenSSL (3ssl)
Updated: 0.9.6c
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NAME

DSA_new, DSA_free - allocate and free DSA objects  

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/dsa.h>


 DSA* DSA_new(void);


 void DSA_free(DSA *dsa);


 

DESCRIPTION

DSA_new() allocates and initializes a DSA structure.

DSA_free() frees the DSA structure and its components. The values are erased before the memory is returned to the system.  

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_free() returns no value.  

SEE ALSO

dsa(3), err(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3), DSA_generate_key(3)  

HISTORY

DSA_new() and DSA_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.


 

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