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DSAPARAM(1)                  OpenSSL                  DSAPARAM(1)

NAME

     openssl-dsaparam, dsaparam - DSA parameter manipulation and
     generation

SYNOPSIS

     openssl dsaparam [-inform DER|PEM] [-outform DER|PEM] [-in
     filename] [-out filename] [-noout] [-text] [-C] [-rand
     file(s)] [-genkey] [-engine id] [numbits]

DESCRIPTION

     This command is used to manipulate or generate DSA parameter
     files.

OPTIONS

     -inform DER|PEM
         This specifies the input format. The DER option uses an
         ASN1 DER encoded form compatible with RFC2459 (PKIX)
         DSS-Parms that is a SEQUENCE consisting of p, q and g
         respectively. The PEM form is the default format: it
         consists of the DER format base64 encoded with
         additional header and footer lines.

     -outform DER|PEM
         This specifies the output format, the options have the
         same meaning as the -inform option.

     -in filename
         This specifies the input filename to read parameters
         from or standard input if this option is not specified.
         If the numbits parameter is included then this option
         will be ignored.

     -out filename
         This specifies the output filename parameters to.
         Standard output is used if this option is not present.
         The output filename should not be the same as the input
         filename.

     -noout
         this option inhibits the output of the encoded version
         of the parameters.

     -text
         this option prints out the DSA parameters in human
         readable form.

     -C  this option converts the parameters into C code. The
         parameters can then be loaded by calling the
         ggeett_ddssaaXXXXXX(()) function.

     -genkey
         this option will generate a DSA either using the

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DSAPARAM(1)                  OpenSSL                  DSAPARAM(1)

         specified or generated parameters.

     -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.

     numbits
         this option specifies that a parameter set should be
         generated of size numbits. It must be the last option.
         If this option is included then the input file (if any)
         is ignored.

     -engine id
         specifying an engine (by its unique id string) will
         cause dsaparam 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.

     PEM format DSA parameters use the header and footer lines:

      -----BEGIN DSA PARAMETERS-----
      -----END DSA PARAMETERS-----

     DSA parameter generation is a slow process and as a result
     the same set of DSA parameters is often used to generate
     several distinct keys.

     gendsa(1), dsa(1), genrsa(1), rsa(1)

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See also dsaparam(1)