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DSA_size

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
SEE ALSO
HISTORY

NAME

DSA_size ? get DSA signature size

SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/dsa.h>

 int DSA_size(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

dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)

HISTORY

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


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