gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters



  • GENDSA(1SSL)				     OpenSSL				     GENDSA(1SSL)
    
    NAME
           gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters
    
    SYNOPSIS
           openssl gendsa [-out filename] [-aes128] [-aes192] [-aes256] [-camellia128] [-camellia192]
           [-camellia256] [-des] [-des3] [-idea] [-rand file(s)] [-engine id] [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
           -aes128|-aes192|-aes256|-camellia128|-camellia192|-camellia256|-des|-des3|-idea
    	   These options encrypt the private key with specified cipher 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.
    
           -engine id
    	   specifying an engine (by its unique id string) will cause gendsa to attempt to obtain
    	   a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. The
    	   engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms.
    
           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)
    
    1.0.2g					    2016-03-01				     GENDSA(1SSL)
    

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