DSA_size(3) OpenSSL DSA_size(3)

NAME

DSA_size - get DSA signature size

LIBRARY

libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/dsa.h> int DSA_size(const 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

openssl_dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)

HISTORY

DSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
July 20, 2009 1.0.1-dev