NAME¶

DSA_size - get DSA signature size

SYNOPSIS¶

 #include <openssl/dsa.h>
 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. dsa->q must not be NULL.

RETURN VALUE¶

The size in bytes.

SEE ALSO¶

dsa(3), DSA_sign(3)

HISTORY¶

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