DSA_SIZE(3ossl)

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, this is DSA_SIZE(3ossl) — the OpenSSL manual page for DSA_size, DSA_bits, and DSA_security_bits, aka the girlies that get DSA signature size, key bits, or security bits. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Start with this iconic include:

#include <openssl/dsa.h>

The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be hidden entirely by defining OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable version value, see openssl_user_macros(7):

int DSA_bits(const DSA *dsa);

int DSA_size(const DSA *dsa);

int DSA_security_bits(const DSA *dsa);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

All of the functions described on this page are deprecated. Applications should instead use EVP_PKEY_get_bits(3), EVP_PKEY_get_security_bits(3), and EVP_PKEY_get_size(3). 🫶
  • DSA_bits() — returns the number of bits in key dsa: this is the number of bits in the p parameter. ✨
  • DSA_size() — returns the maximum size of an ASN.1 encoded DSA signature for key dsa in bytes. It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for a DSA signature. 🎀
  • DSA_security_bits() — returns the number of security bits of the given dsa key. See BN_security_bits(3). 🔥

🦋 RETURN VALUES 🦋

  • DSA_security_bits() — returns the number of security bits in the key, or -1 if dsa doesn't hold any key parameters. 😭
  • DSA_bits() — returns the number of bits in the key, or -1 if dsa doesn't hold any key parameters. 😭
  • DSA_size() — returns the signature size in bytes, or -1 if dsa doesn't hold any key parameters. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. No cap. 🕰️

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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

This page is giving OpenSSL 3.5.6, dated 2026-04-07, and it's the DSA_SIZE(3ossl) manual. Byeee, bestie 💜

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