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-=pod
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-openssl-dsaparam,
-dsaparam - DSA parameter manipulation and generation
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
-B<openssl dsaparam>
-[B<-inform DER|PEM>]
-[B<-outform DER|PEM>]
-[B<-in filename>]
-[B<-out filename>]
-[B<-noout>]
-[B<-text>]
-[B<-C>]
-[B<-rand file(s)>]
-[B<-genkey>]
-[B<-engine id>]
-[B<numbits>]
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-This command is used to manipulate or generate DSA parameter files.
-
-=head1 OPTIONS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item B<-inform DER|PEM>
-
-This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option uses an ASN1 DER encoded
-form compatible with RFC2459 (PKIX) DSS-Parms that is a SEQUENCE consisting
-of p, q and g respectively. The PEM form is the default format: it consists
-of the B<DER> format base64 encoded with additional header and footer lines.
-
-=item B<-outform DER|PEM>
-
-This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
-B<-inform> option.
-
-=item B<-in filename>
-
-This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if
-this option is not specified. If the B<numbits> parameter is included then
-this option will be ignored.
-
-=item B<-out filename>
-
-This specifies the output filename parameters to. Standard output is used
-if this option is not present. The output filename should B<not> be the same
-as the input filename.
-
-=item B<-noout>
-
-this option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters.
-
-=item B<-text>
-
-this option prints out the DSA parameters in human readable form.
-
-=item B<-C>
-
-this option converts the parameters into C code. The parameters can then
-be loaded by calling the B<get_dsaXXX()> function.
-
-=item B<-genkey>
-
-this option will generate a DSA either using the specified or generated
-parameters.
-
-=item B<-rand file(s)>
-
-a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
-Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
-The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
-all others.
-
-=item B<numbits>
-
-this option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size
-B<numbits>. It must be the last option. If this option is included then
-the input file (if any) is ignored.
-
-=item B<-engine id>
-
-specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<dsaparam>
-to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
-thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
-for all available algorithms.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 NOTES
-
-PEM format DSA parameters use the header and footer lines:
-
- -----BEGIN DSA PARAMETERS-----
- -----END DSA PARAMETERS-----
-
-DSA parameter generation is a slow process and as a result the same set of
-DSA parameters is often used to generate several distinct keys.
-
-=head1 SEE ALSO
-
-L<gendsa(1)|gendsa(1)>, L<dsa(1)|dsa(1)>, L<genrsa(1)|genrsa(1)>,
-L<rsa(1)|rsa(1)>
-
-=cut