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NAME
       openssl-gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters


SYNOPSIS
       openssl gendsa [-help] [-out filename] [-passout arg] [-aes128] [-aes192] [-aes256] [-aria128] [-aria192]
       [-aria256] [-camellia128] [-camellia192] [-camellia256] [-des] [-des3] [-idea] [-verbose] [-quiet] [-rand
       files] [-writerand file] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]
       [paramfile]


DESCRIPTION
       This command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter file (which will be typically generated by
       the openssl-dsaparam(1) command).


OPTIONS
       -help
           Print out a usage message.

       -out filename
           Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then standard output is used.

       -passout arg
           The passphrase used for the output file.  See openssl-passphrase-options(1).

       -aes128, -aes192, -aes256, -aria128, -aria192, -aria256, -camellia128, -camellia192, -camellia256, -des,
       -des3, -idea
           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.

           Note that all options must be given before the paramfile argument.

       -verbose
           Print extra details about the operations being performed.

       -quiet
           Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may be handy during batch scripts and
           pipelines.

       -rand files, -writerand file
           See "Random State Options" in openssl(1) for details.

       -engine id
           See "Engine Options" in openssl(1).  This option is deprecated.

       paramfile
           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(1) command.

       -provider name
       -provider-path path
       -propquery propq
           See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).


NOTES
       DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is much quicker that RSA key
       generation for example.


SEE ALSO
       openssl(1), openssl-genpkey(1), openssl-dsaparam(1), openssl-dsa(1), openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-rsa(1)


HISTORY
       The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.


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       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance
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