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  135. .IX Title "OPENSSL-GENDSA 1ossl"
  136. .TH OPENSSL-GENDSA 1ossl "2025-06-29" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. openssl\-gendsa \- generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBgendsa\fR
  146. [\fB\-help\fR]
  147. [\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR]
  148. [\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR]
  149. [\fB\-aes128\fR]
  150. [\fB\-aes192\fR]
  151. [\fB\-aes256\fR]
  152. [\fB\-aria128\fR]
  153. [\fB\-aria192\fR]
  154. [\fB\-aria256\fR]
  155. [\fB\-camellia128\fR]
  156. [\fB\-camellia192\fR]
  157. [\fB\-camellia256\fR]
  158. [\fB\-des\fR]
  159. [\fB\-des3\fR]
  160. [\fB\-idea\fR]
  161. [\fB\-verbose\fR]
  162. [\fB\-quiet\fR]
  163. [\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR]
  164. [\fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR]
  165. [\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR]
  166. [\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR]
  167. [\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR]
  168. [\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR]
  169. [\fIparamfile\fR]
  170. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  171. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  172. This command generates a \s-1DSA\s0 private key from a \s-1DSA\s0 parameter file
  173. (which will be typically generated by the \fBopenssl\-dsaparam\fR\|(1) command).
  174. .SH "OPTIONS"
  175. .IX Header "OPTIONS"
  176. .IP "\fB\-help\fR" 4
  177. .IX Item "-help"
  178. Print out a usage message.
  179. .IP "\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  180. .IX Item "-out filename"
  181. Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then
  182. standard output is used.
  183. .IP "\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  184. .IX Item "-passout arg"
  185. The passphrase used for the output file.
  186. See \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1).
  187. .IP "\fB\-aes128\fR, \fB\-aes192\fR, \fB\-aes256\fR, \fB\-aria128\fR, \fB\-aria192\fR, \fB\-aria256\fR, \fB\-camellia128\fR, \fB\-camellia192\fR, \fB\-camellia256\fR, \fB\-des\fR, \fB\-des3\fR, \fB\-idea\fR" 4
  188. .IX Item "-aes128, -aes192, -aes256, -aria128, -aria192, -aria256, -camellia128, -camellia192, -camellia256, -des, -des3, -idea"
  189. These options encrypt the private key with specified
  190. cipher before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
  191. If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.
  192. .Sp
  193. Note that all options must be given before the \fIparamfile\fR argument.
  194. .IP "\fB\-verbose\fR" 4
  195. .IX Item "-verbose"
  196. Print extra details about the operations being performed.
  197. .IP "\fB\-quiet\fR" 4
  198. .IX Item "-quiet"
  199. Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may
  200. be handy during batch scripts and pipelines.
  201. .IP "\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR, \fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
  202. .IX Item "-rand files, -writerand file"
  203. See \*(L"Random State Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1) for details.
  204. .IP "\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR" 4
  205. .IX Item "-engine id"
  206. See \*(L"Engine Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1).
  207. This option is deprecated.
  208. .IP "\fIparamfile\fR" 4
  209. .IX Item "paramfile"
  210. The \s-1DSA\s0 parameter file to use. The parameters in this file determine
  211. the size of the private key. \s-1DSA\s0 parameters can be generated and
  212. examined using the \fBopenssl\-dsaparam\fR\|(1) command.
  213. .IP "\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  214. .IX Item "-provider name"
  215. .PD 0
  216. .IP "\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  217. .IX Item "-provider-path path"
  218. .IP "\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR" 4
  219. .IX Item "-propquery propq"
  220. .PD
  221. See \*(L"Provider Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1), \fBprovider\fR\|(7), and \fBproperty\fR\|(7).
  222. .SH "NOTES"
  223. .IX Header "NOTES"
  224. \&\s-1DSA\s0 key generation is little more than random number generation so it is
  225. much quicker that \s-1RSA\s0 key generation for example.
  226. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  227. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  228. \&\fBopenssl\fR\|(1),
  229. \&\fBopenssl\-genpkey\fR\|(1),
  230. \&\fBopenssl\-dsaparam\fR\|(1),
  231. \&\fBopenssl\-dsa\fR\|(1),
  232. \&\fBopenssl\-genrsa\fR\|(1),
  233. \&\fBopenssl\-rsa\fR\|(1)
  234. .SH "HISTORY"
  235. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  236. The \fB\-engine\fR option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  237. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  238. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  239. Copyright 2000\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  240. .PP
  241. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  242. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  243. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  244. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.