DSA_size 3 2003-07-24 0.9.9-dev OpenSSL

NAME

DSA_size - get DSA signature size

LIBRARY

libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS


 #include 


 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.

ddssaa-->>qq must not be NNUULLLL.

RETURN VALUE

The size in bytes.

SEE ALSO

_o_p_e_n_s_s_l___d_s_a(3), _D_S_A___s_i_g_n(3)

HISTORY

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