gendsa

 

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 GENDSA(1)                    OpenSSL                    GENDSA(1)
 
 
 
 NAME
        gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of
        parameters
 
 SYNOPSIS
        openssl gendsa [-out filename] [-des] [-des3] [-idea]
        [-rand file(s)] [paramfile]
 
 DESCRIPTION
        The gendsa command generates a DSA private key from a DSA
        parameter file (which will be typically generated by the
        openssl dsaparam command).
 
 OPTIONS
        -des|-des3|-idea
            These options encrypt the private key with the DES,
            triple DES, or the IDEA ciphers respectively before
            outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.  If none
            of these options is specified no encryption is used.
 
        -rand file(s)
            a file or files containing random data used to seed
            the random number generator, or an EGD socket (see
            RAND_egd(3)).  Multiple files can be specified
            separated by a OS-dependent character.  The separator
            is ; for MS-Windows, , for OpenVMS, and : for all
            others.
 
        paramfile
            This option specifies the DSA parameter file to use.
            The parameters in this file determine the size of the
            private key. DSA parameters can be generated and
            examined using the openssl dsaparam command.
 
 NOTES
        DSA key generation is little more than random number
        generation so it is much quicker that RSA key generation
        for example.
 
 SEE ALSO
        dsaparam(1), dsa(1), genrsa(1), rsa(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12/Apr/2000                   0.9.6b                    GENDSA(1)

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