5 DSA_generate_parameters - generate DSA parameters
9 #include <openssl/dsa.h>
11 DSA *DSA_generate_parameters(int bits, unsigned char *seed,
12 int seed_len, int *counter_ret, unsigned long *h_ret,
13 void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
17 DSA_generate_parameters() generates primes p and q and a generator g
20 B<bits> is the length of the prime to be generated; the DSS allows a
23 If B<seed> is B<NULL> or B<seed_len> E<lt> 20, the primes will be
24 generated at random. Otherwise, the seed is used to generate
25 them. If the given seed does not yield a prime q, a new random
26 seed is chosen and placed at B<seed>.
28 DSA_generate_parameters() places the iteration count in
29 *B<counter_ret> and a counter used for finding a generator in
30 *B<h_ret>, unless these are B<NULL>.
32 A callback function may be used to provide feedback about the progress
33 of the key generation. If B<callback> is not B<NULL>, it will be
40 When a candidate for q is generated, B<callback(0, m++, cb_arg)> is called
41 (m is 0 for the first candidate).
45 When a candidate for q has passed a test by trial division,
46 B<callback(1, -1, cb_arg)> is called.
47 While a candidate for q is tested by Miller-Rabin primality tests,
48 B<callback(1, i, cb_arg)> is called in the outer loop
49 (once for each witness that confirms that the candidate may be prime);
50 i is the loop counter (starting at 0).
54 When a prime q has been found, B<callback(2, 0, cb_arg)> and
55 B<callback(3, 0, cb_arg)> are called.
59 Before a candidate for p (other than the first) is generated and tested,
60 B<callback(0, counter, cb_arg)> is called.
64 When a candidate for p has passed the test by trial division,
65 B<callback(1, -1, cb_arg)> is called.
66 While it is tested by the Miller-Rabin primality test,
67 B<callback(1, i, cb_arg)> is called in the outer loop
68 (once for each witness that confirms that the candidate may be prime).
69 i is the loop counter (starting at 0).
73 When p has been found, B<callback(2, 1, cb_arg)> is called.
77 When the generator has been found, B<callback(3, 1, cb_arg)> is called.
83 DSA_generate_parameters() returns a pointer to the DSA structure, or
84 B<NULL> if the parameter generation fails. The error codes can be
85 obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
89 Seed lengths E<gt> 20 are not supported.
93 L<dsa(3)|dsa(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
94 L<DSA_free(3)|DSA_free(3)>
98 DSA_generate_parameters() appeared in SSLeay 0.8. The B<cb_arg>
99 argument was added in SSLeay 0.9.0.
100 In versions up to OpenSSL 0.9.4, B<callback(1, ...)> was called
101 in the inner loop of the Miller-Rabin test whenever it reached the
102 squaring step (the parameters to B<callback> did not reveal how many
103 witnesses had been tested); since OpenSSL 0.9.5, B<callback(1, ...)>
104 is called as in BN_is_prime(3), i.e. once for each witness.