dsa (3)
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NAME
dsa - Digital Signature AlgorithmSYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dsa.h>
#include <openssl/engine.h>
DSA * DSA_new(void);
void DSA_free(DSA *dsa);
int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);
DSA * DSA_generate_parameters(int bits, unsigned char *seed,
int seed_len, int *counter_ret, unsigned long *h_ret,
void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
DH * DSA_dup_DH(const DSA *r);
int DSA_generate_key(DSA *dsa);
int DSA_sign(int dummy, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
unsigned char *sigret, unsigned int *siglen, DSA *dsa);
int DSA_sign_setup(DSA *dsa, BN_CTX *ctx, BIGNUM **kinvp,
BIGNUM **rp);
int DSA_verify(int dummy, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
const unsigned char *sigbuf, int siglen, DSA *dsa);
void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth);
const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void);
int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth);
DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
const DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
int DSA_get_ex_new_index(long argl, char *argp, int (*new_func)(),
int (*dup_func)(), void (*free_func)());
int DSA_set_ex_data(DSA *d, int idx, char *arg);
char *DSA_get_ex_data(DSA *d, int idx);
DSA_SIG *DSA_SIG_new(void);
void DSA_SIG_free(DSA_SIG *a);
int i2d_DSA_SIG(const DSA_SIG *a, unsigned char **pp);
DSA_SIG *d2i_DSA_SIG(DSA_SIG **v, unsigned char **pp, long length);
DSA_SIG *DSA_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, DSA *dsa);
int DSA_do_verify(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len,
DSA_SIG *sig, DSA *dsa);
DSA * d2i_DSAPublicKey(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
DSA * d2i_DSAPrivateKey(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
DSA * d2i_DSAparams(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
int i2d_DSAPublicKey(const DSA *a, unsigned char **pp);
int i2d_DSAPrivateKey(const DSA *a, unsigned char **pp);
int i2d_DSAparams(const DSA *a,unsigned char **pp);
int DSAparams_print(BIO *bp, const DSA *x);
int DSAparams_print_fp(FILE *fp, const DSA *x);
int DSA_print(BIO *bp, const DSA *x, int off);
int DSA_print_fp(FILE *bp, const DSA *x, int off);
DESCRIPTION
These functions implement the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA
). The
generation of shared DSA
parameters is described in
DSA_generate_parameters(3);
DSA_generate_key(3) describes how to
generate a signature key. Signature generation and verification are
described in DSA_sign(3).
The
DSA
structure consists of several BIGNUM
components.
struct
{
BIGNUM *p; // prime number (public)
BIGNUM *q; // 160-bit subprime, q | p-1 (public)
BIGNUM *g; // generator of subgroup (public)
BIGNUM *priv_key; // private key x
BIGNUM *pub_key; // public key y = g^x
// ...
}
DSA;
In public keys, priv_key is
NULL.
Note that
DSA
keys may use non-standard DSA_METHOD
implementations,
either directly or by the use of ENGINE
modules. In some cases (eg. an
ENGINE
providing support for hardware-embedded keys), these BIGNUM
values
will not be used by the implementation or may be used for alternative data
storage. For this reason, applications should generally avoid using DSA
structure elements directly and instead use API
functions to query or
modify keys.
CONFORMING TO
US
Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186
(Digital Signature
Standard, DSS
), ANSI X9.30