GENDSA(1) OpenSSL GENDSA(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       ooppeennssssll ggeennddssaa [-oouutt ffiilleennaammee] [-ddeess] [-ddeess33] [-iiddeeaa] [-rraanndd ffiillee((ss))]
       [-eennggiinnee iidd] [ppaarraammffiillee]

DESCRIPTION
       The ggeennddssaa command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter
       file (which will be typically generated by the ooppeennssssll ddssaappaarraamm
       command).

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       -ddeess||-ddeess33||-iiddeeaa
           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.

       -rraanndd ffiillee((ss))
           a file or files containing random data used to seed the random
           number generator, or an EGD socket (see RANDegd(3)).  Multiple
           files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.  The
           separator is ;; for MS-Windows, ,, for OpenVMS, and :: for all others.

       -eennggiinnee iidd
           specifying an engine (by it's unique iidd string) will cause rreeqq 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.

       ppaarraammffiillee
           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 ooppeennssssll ddssaappaarraamm command.

NNOOTTEESS
       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)



0.9.7l                            2003-01-30                         GENDSA(1)