gendsa(1)

     GENDSA(1)              0.9.6h (2000-04-12)              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)

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