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1=pod
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3=head1 NAME
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5DSA_sign, DSA_sign_setup, DSA_verify - DSA signatures
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7=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <openssl/dsa.h>
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11 int DSA_sign(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
12 unsigned char *sigret, unsigned int *siglen, DSA *dsa);
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e9b77246 14 int DSA_sign_setup(DSA *dsa, BN_CTX *ctx, BIGNUM **kinvp, BIGNUM **rp);
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e9b77246 16 int DSA_verify(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int len,
1bc74519 17 unsigned char *sigbuf, int siglen, DSA *dsa);
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19=head1 DESCRIPTION
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21DSA_sign() computes a digital signature on the B<len> byte message
22digest B<dgst> using the private key B<dsa> and places its ASN.1 DER
23encoding at B<sigret>. The length of the signature is places in
24*B<siglen>. B<sigret> must point to DSA_size(B<dsa>) bytes of memory.
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26DSA_sign_setup() is defined only for backward binary compatibility and
27should not be used.
28Since OpenSSL 1.1.0 the DSA type is opaque and the output of
29DSA_sign_setup() cannot be used anyway: calling this function will only
30cause overhead, and does not affect the actual signature
31(pre-)computation.
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33DSA_verify() verifies that the signature B<sigbuf> of size B<siglen>
34matches a given message digest B<dgst> of size B<len>.
35B<dsa> is the signer's public key.
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37The B<type> parameter is ignored.
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39The PRNG must be seeded before DSA_sign() (or DSA_sign_setup())
40is called.
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42=head1 RETURN VALUES
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44DSA_sign() and DSA_sign_setup() return 1 on success, 0 on error.
45DSA_verify() returns 1 for a valid signature, 0 for an incorrect
46signature and -1 on error. The error codes can be obtained by
9b86974e 47L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
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49=head1 CONFORMING TO
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51US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186 (Digital Signature
52Standard, DSS), ANSI X9.30
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54=head1 SEE ALSO
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b97fdb57 56L<DSA_new(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
9b86974e 57L<DSA_do_sign(3)>
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59=head1 COPYRIGHT
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fd38836b 61Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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4746f25a 63Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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64this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
65in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
66L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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