NAME

DSA_new, DSA_free − Allocate and free DSA objects

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/dsa.h>
DSA∗ DSA_new(
        void ); void DSA_free(
        DSA ∗dsa );

DESCRIPTION

The DSA_new() function allocates and initializes a DSA structure. 

The DSA_free() function frees the DSA structure and its components. The values are erased before the memory is returned to the system. 

RETURN VALUES

If the allocation fails, the DSA_new() function returns NULL and sets an error code that can be obtained from ERR_get_error(). Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. 

The DSA_free() function returns no value. 

HISTORY

The DSA_new() and DSA_free() functions are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. 

SEE ALSO

Functions: dsa(3), err(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3), DSA_generate_key(3)