openssl gendsa

generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters 

openssl command

SYNOPSIS

openssl gendsa [-help] [-out filename] [-passout arg] [-aes128] [-aes192] [-aes256] [-aria128] [-aria192] [-aria256] [-camellia128] [-camellia192] [-camellia256] [-des] [-des3] [-idea] [-verbose] [-quiet] [-rand files] [-writerand file] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq] [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

-help 

Print out a usage message.

-out filename 

Output the key to the specifried file. If this argument is not specified, then standard output is used.

-passout arg 

The passphrase used for the output file. See openssl passphrase-options.

-aes128|-aes192|-aes256|-aria128|-aria192|-aria256|-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.

Note that all options must be given before the paramfile argument.

-verbose 

Print extra details about the operations being performed.

-quiet 

Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may be handy during batch scripts and pipelines.

-rand files 
-writerand file 

See Random State Options in openssl for details.

-engine id 

See Engine Options in openssl for details. This option is deprecated.

paramfile 

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.

-provider name 
-provider-path path 
-propquery propq 

See Provider Options in openssl for details.

NOTES

DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is much quicker that RSA key generation for example.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2013 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or here: OpenSSL.

AVAILABILITY

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SEE ALSO

Commands:
openssl dsa, openssl dsaparam, openssl genrsa, openssl rsa

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