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6 openssl-gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters
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9 openssl gendsa [-help] [-out filename] [-passout arg] [-aes128]
10 [-aes192] [-aes256] [-aria128] [-aria192] [-aria256] [-camellia128]
11 [-camellia192] [-camellia256] [-des] [-des3] [-idea] [-verbose] [-rand
12 files] [-writerand file] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path
13 path] [-propquery propq] [paramfile]
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16 This command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter file
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20 -help
21 Print out a usage message.
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23 -out filename
24 Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not
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28 The passphrase used for the output file. See
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31 -aes128, -aes192, -aes256, -aria128, -aria192, -aria256, -camellia128,
32 -camellia192, -camellia256, -des, -des3, -idea
33 These options encrypt the private key with specified cipher before
34 outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for. If none of these
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40 -rand files, -writerand file
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44 See "Engine Options" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.
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47 The DSA parameter file to use. The parameters in this file
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54 See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).
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57 DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it
58 is much quicker that RSA key generation for example.
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61 openssl(1), openssl-genpkey(1), openssl-dsaparam(1), openssl-dsa(1),
62 openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-rsa(1)
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65 The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
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68 Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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70 Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
71 this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
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