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  11. <li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a></li>
  12. <li><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
  13. <li><a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
  14. <li><a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></li>
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  16. <li><a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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  20. <h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>
  21. <p>openssl-gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters</p>
  22. <h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1>
  23. <p><b>openssl</b> <b>gendsa</b> [<b>-help</b>] [<b>-out</b> <i>filename</i>] [<b>-passout</b> <i>arg</i>] [<b>-aes128</b>] [<b>-aes192</b>] [<b>-aes256</b>] [<b>-aria128</b>] [<b>-aria192</b>] [<b>-aria256</b>] [<b>-camellia128</b>] [<b>-camellia192</b>] [<b>-camellia256</b>] [<b>-des</b>] [<b>-des3</b>] [<b>-idea</b>] [<b>-verbose</b>] [<b>-quiet</b>] [<b>-rand</b> <i>files</i>] [<b>-writerand</b> <i>file</i>] [<b>-engine</b> <i>id</i>] [<b>-provider</b> <i>name</i>] [<b>-provider-path</b> <i>path</i>] [<b>-propquery</b> <i>propq</i>] [<i>paramfile</i>]</p>
  24. <h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>
  25. <p>This command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter file (which will be typically generated by the <a href="../man1/openssl-dsaparam.html">openssl-dsaparam(1)</a> command).</p>
  26. <h1 id="OPTIONS">OPTIONS</h1>
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  28. <dt id="help"><b>-help</b></dt>
  29. <dd>
  30. <p>Print out a usage message.</p>
  31. </dd>
  32. <dt id="out-filename"><b>-out</b> <i>filename</i></dt>
  33. <dd>
  34. <p>Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then standard output is used.</p>
  35. </dd>
  36. <dt id="passout-arg"><b>-passout</b> <i>arg</i></dt>
  37. <dd>
  38. <p>The passphrase used for the output file. See <a href="../man1/openssl-passphrase-options.html">openssl-passphrase-options(1)</a>.</p>
  39. </dd>
  40. <dt id="aes128--aes192--aes256--aria128--aria192--aria256--camellia128--camellia192--camellia256--des--des3--idea"><b>-aes128</b>, <b>-aes192</b>, <b>-aes256</b>, <b>-aria128</b>, <b>-aria192</b>, <b>-aria256</b>, <b>-camellia128</b>, <b>-camellia192</b>, <b>-camellia256</b>, <b>-des</b>, <b>-des3</b>, <b>-idea</b></dt>
  41. <dd>
  42. <p>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.</p>
  43. <p>Note that all options must be given before the <i>paramfile</i> argument.</p>
  44. </dd>
  45. <dt id="verbose"><b>-verbose</b></dt>
  46. <dd>
  47. <p>Print extra details about the operations being performed.</p>
  48. </dd>
  49. <dt id="quiet"><b>-quiet</b></dt>
  50. <dd>
  51. <p>Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may be handy during batch scripts and pipelines.</p>
  52. </dd>
  53. <dt id="rand-files--writerand-file"><b>-rand</b> <i>files</i>, <b>-writerand</b> <i>file</i></dt>
  54. <dd>
  55. <p>See <a href="../man1/openssl.html">&quot;Random State Options&quot; in openssl(1)</a> for details.</p>
  56. </dd>
  57. <dt id="engine-id"><b>-engine</b> <i>id</i></dt>
  58. <dd>
  59. <p>See <a href="../man1/openssl.html">&quot;Engine Options&quot; in openssl(1)</a>. This option is deprecated.</p>
  60. </dd>
  61. <dt id="paramfile"><i>paramfile</i></dt>
  62. <dd>
  63. <p>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 <a href="../man1/openssl-dsaparam.html">openssl-dsaparam(1)</a> command.</p>
  64. </dd>
  65. <dt id="provider-name"><b>-provider</b> <i>name</i></dt>
  66. <dd>
  67. </dd>
  68. <dt id="provider-path-path"><b>-provider-path</b> <i>path</i></dt>
  69. <dd>
  70. </dd>
  71. <dt id="propquery-propq"><b>-propquery</b> <i>propq</i></dt>
  72. <dd>
  73. <p>See <a href="../man1/openssl.html">&quot;Provider Options&quot; in openssl(1)</a>, <a href="../man7/provider.html">provider(7)</a>, and <a href="../man7/property.html">property(7)</a>.</p>
  74. </dd>
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  76. <h1 id="NOTES">NOTES</h1>
  77. <p>DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is much quicker that RSA key generation for example.</p>
  78. <h1 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h1>
  79. <p><a href="../man1/openssl.html">openssl(1)</a>, <a href="../man1/openssl-genpkey.html">openssl-genpkey(1)</a>, <a href="../man1/openssl-dsaparam.html">openssl-dsaparam(1)</a>, <a href="../man1/openssl-dsa.html">openssl-dsa(1)</a>, <a href="../man1/openssl-genrsa.html">openssl-genrsa(1)</a>, <a href="../man1/openssl-rsa.html">openssl-rsa(1)</a></p>
  80. <h1 id="HISTORY">HISTORY</h1>
  81. <p>The <b>-engine</b> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.</p>
  82. <h1 id="COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</h1>
  83. <p>Copyright 2000-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.</p>
  84. <p>Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;). 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 at <a href="https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html">https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html</a>.</p>
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