1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5dsa - Digital Signature Algorithm
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/dsa.h>
10 #include <openssl/engine.h>
11
12 DSA *	DSA_new(void);
13 void	DSA_free(DSA *dsa);
14
15 int	DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);
16
17 DSA *	DSA_generate_parameters(int bits, unsigned char *seed,
18                int seed_len, int *counter_ret, unsigned long *h_ret,
19		void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
20
21 DH *	DSA_dup_DH(const DSA *r);
22
23 int	DSA_generate_key(DSA *dsa);
24
25 int	DSA_sign(int dummy, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
26		unsigned char *sigret, unsigned int *siglen, DSA *dsa);
27 int	DSA_sign_setup(DSA *dsa, BN_CTX *ctx, BIGNUM **kinvp,
28                BIGNUM **rp);
29 int	DSA_verify(int dummy, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
30		const unsigned char *sigbuf, int siglen, DSA *dsa);
31
32 void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth);
33 const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void);
34 int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth);
35 DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
36 const DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
37
38 int DSA_get_ex_new_index(long argl, char *argp, int (*new_func)(),
39	     int (*dup_func)(), void (*free_func)());
40 int DSA_set_ex_data(DSA *d, int idx, char *arg);
41 char *DSA_get_ex_data(DSA *d, int idx);
42
43 DSA_SIG *DSA_SIG_new(void);
44 void	DSA_SIG_free(DSA_SIG *a);
45 int	i2d_DSA_SIG(const DSA_SIG *a, unsigned char **pp);
46 DSA_SIG *d2i_DSA_SIG(DSA_SIG **v, unsigned char **pp, long length);
47
48 DSA_SIG *DSA_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, DSA *dsa);
49 int	DSA_do_verify(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len,
50	     DSA_SIG *sig, DSA *dsa);
51
52 DSA *	d2i_DSAPublicKey(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
53 DSA *	d2i_DSAPrivateKey(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
54 DSA * 	d2i_DSAparams(DSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
55 int	i2d_DSAPublicKey(const DSA *a, unsigned char **pp);
56 int 	i2d_DSAPrivateKey(const DSA *a, unsigned char **pp);
57 int	i2d_DSAparams(const DSA *a,unsigned char **pp);
58
59 int	DSAparams_print(BIO *bp, const DSA *x);
60 int	DSAparams_print_fp(FILE *fp, const DSA *x);
61 int	DSA_print(BIO *bp, const DSA *x, int off);
62 int	DSA_print_fp(FILE *bp, const DSA *x, int off);
63
64=head1 DESCRIPTION
65
66These functions implement the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA).  The
67generation of shared DSA parameters is described in
68L<DSA_generate_parameters(3)|DSA_generate_parameters(3)>;
69L<DSA_generate_key(3)|DSA_generate_key(3)> describes how to
70generate a signature key. Signature generation and verification are
71described in L<DSA_sign(3)|DSA_sign(3)>.
72
73The B<DSA> structure consists of several BIGNUM components.
74
75 struct
76        {
77        BIGNUM *p;		// prime number (public)
78        BIGNUM *q;		// 160-bit subprime, q | p-1 (public)
79        BIGNUM *g;		// generator of subgroup (public)
80        BIGNUM *priv_key;	// private key x
81        BIGNUM *pub_key;	// public key y = g^x
82        // ...
83        }
84 DSA;
85
86In public keys, B<priv_key> is NULL.
87
88Note that DSA keys may use non-standard B<DSA_METHOD> implementations,
89either directly or by the use of B<ENGINE> modules. In some cases (eg. an
90ENGINE providing support for hardware-embedded keys), these BIGNUM values
91will not be used by the implementation or may be used for alternative data
92storage. For this reason, applications should generally avoid using DSA
93structure elements directly and instead use API functions to query or
94modify keys.
95
96=head1 CONFORMING TO
97
98US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186 (Digital Signature
99Standard, DSS), ANSI X9.30
100
101=head1 SEE ALSO
102
103L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<dh(3)|dh(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
104L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>, L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<engine(3)|engine(3)>,
105L<DSA_new(3)|DSA_new(3)>,
106L<DSA_size(3)|DSA_size(3)>,
107L<DSA_generate_parameters(3)|DSA_generate_parameters(3)>,
108L<DSA_dup_DH(3)|DSA_dup_DH(3)>,
109L<DSA_generate_key(3)|DSA_generate_key(3)>,
110L<DSA_sign(3)|DSA_sign(3)>, L<DSA_set_method(3)|DSA_set_method(3)>,
111L<DSA_get_ex_new_index(3)|DSA_get_ex_new_index(3)>,
112L<RSA_print(3)|RSA_print(3)>
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