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.\" $OpenBSD: DH_size.3,v 1.9 2018/03/27 17:35:50 schwarze Exp $
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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2018 $
.Dt DH_SIZE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm DH_size ,
.Nm DH_bits
.Nd get Diffie-Hellman prime size
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/dh.h
.Ft int
.Fo DH_size
.Fa "const DH *dh"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo DH_bits
.Fa "const DH *dh"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn DH_size
returns the Diffie-Hellman prime size in bytes.
It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for the
shared secret computed by
.Xr DH_compute_key 3 .
.Pp
.Fn DH_bits
returns the number of significant bits in the key.
.Pp
.Fa dh
and
.Fa dh->p
must not be
.Dv NULL .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr BN_num_bytes 3 ,
.Xr DH_generate_key 3 ,
.Xr DH_get0_key 3 ,
.Xr DH_new 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn DH_size
first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1 and has been available since
.Ox 2.4 .
.Pp
.Fn DH_bits
first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.0 and has been available since
.Ox 6.3 .
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