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+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/DSA_generate_parameters.3
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
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.IX Title "DSA_generate_parameters 3"
-.TH DSA_generate_parameters 3 "0.9.7d" "2004-03-17" "OpenSSL"
-.UC
+.TH DSA_generate_parameters 3 "2005-02-24" "0.9.7d" "OpenSSL"
.SH "NAME"
-DSA_generate_parameters \- generate \s-1DSA\s0 parameters
+DSA_generate_parameters \- generate DSA parameters
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/dsa.h>
.Ve
+.PP
.Vb 3
\& DSA *DSA_generate_parameters(int bits, unsigned char *seed,
\& int seed_len, int *counter_ret, unsigned long *h_ret,
@@ -172,45 +163,45 @@ seed is chosen and placed at \fBseed\fR.
A callback function may be used to provide feedback about the progress
of the key generation. If \fBcallback\fR is not \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR, it will be
called as follows:
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When a candidate for q is generated, \fBcallback(0, m++, cb_arg)\fR is called
(m is 0 for the first candidate).
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When a candidate for q has passed a test by trial division,
\&\fBcallback(1, \-1, cb_arg)\fR is called.
While a candidate for q is tested by Miller-Rabin primality tests,
\&\fBcallback(1, i, cb_arg)\fR is called in the outer loop
(once for each witness that confirms that the candidate may be prime);
i is the loop counter (starting at 0).
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When a prime q has been found, \fBcallback(2, 0, cb_arg)\fR and
\&\fBcallback(3, 0, cb_arg)\fR are called.
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
Before a candidate for p (other than the first) is generated and tested,
\&\fBcallback(0, counter, cb_arg)\fR is called.
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When a candidate for p has passed the test by trial division,
\&\fBcallback(1, \-1, cb_arg)\fR is called.
While it is tested by the Miller-Rabin primality test,
\&\fBcallback(1, i, cb_arg)\fR is called in the outer loop
(once for each witness that confirms that the candidate may be prime).
i is the loop counter (starting at 0).
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When p has been found, \fBcallback(2, 1, cb_arg)\fR is called.
-.Ip "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\(bu" 4
When the generator has been found, \fBcallback(3, 1, cb_arg)\fR is called.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUE"
\&\fIDSA_generate_parameters()\fR returns a pointer to the \s-1DSA\s0 structure, or
\&\fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR if the parameter generation fails. The error codes can be
-obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
+obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Seed lengths > 20 are not supported.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-dsa(3), ERR_get_error(3), rand(3),
-DSA_free(3)
+\&\fIdsa\fR\|(3), \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3), \fIrand\fR\|(3),
+\&\fIDSA_free\fR\|(3)
.SH "HISTORY"
.IX Header "HISTORY"
\&\fIDSA_generate_parameters()\fR appeared in SSLeay 0.8. The \fBcb_arg\fR
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