RSA_generate_key - generate RSA key pair
#include <openssl/rsa.h>
RSA *RSA_generate_key(int num, unsigned long e, void (*callback)(int,int,void *), void *cb_arg);
RSA_generate_key()
generates a key pair and returns it in a newly
allocated RSA structure. The pseudo-random number generator must
be seeded prior to calling RSA_generate_key().
The modulus size will be num bits, and the public exponent will be e. Key sizes with num < 1024 should be considered insecure. The exponent is an odd number, typically 3, 17 or 65537.
A callback function may be used to provide feedback about the progress of the key generation. If callback is not NULL, it will be called as follows:
While a random prime number is generated, it is called as described in BN_generate_prime.
When the n-th randomly generated prime is rejected as not suitable for the key, callback(2, n, cb_arg) is called.
When a random p has been found with p-1 relatively prime to e, it is called as callback(3, 0, cb_arg).
The process is then repeated for prime q with callback(3, 1, cb_arg).
If key generation fails, RSA_generate_key()
returns NULL; the
error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error.
callback(2, x, cb_arg) is used with two different meanings.
RSA_generate_key()
goes into an infinite loop for illegal input values.
ERR_get_error, rand, rsa, RSA_free
The cb_arg argument was added in SSLeay 0.9.0.