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1.Dd $Mdocdate: November 2 2016 $
2.Dt DSA_SIZE 3
3.Os
4.Sh NAME
5.Nm DSA_size
6.Nd get DSA signature size
7.Sh SYNOPSIS
8.In openssl/dsa.h
9.Ft int
10.Fo DSA_size
11.Fa "const DSA *dsa"
12.Fc
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14This function returns the size of an ASN.1 encoded DSA signature in
15bytes.
16It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for a DSA
17signature.
18.Pp
19.Fa dsa->q
20must not be
21.Dv NULL .
22.Sh RETURN VALUE
23The size in bytes.
24.Sh SEE ALSO
25.Xr dsa 3 ,
26.Xr DSA_sign 3
27.Sh HISTORY
28.Fn DSA_size
29is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.