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DSA_size
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NAME

DSA_size - get DSA signature size

Synopsis  

#include <openssl/dsa.h>
int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);

return to top 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.

dsa->q must not be NULL.

return to top RETURN VALUE  

The size in bytes.

return to top SEE ALSO  

dsa(3) , DSA_sign(3)

return to top HISTORY  

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