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NAME

RSA_size - get RSA modulus size

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS



 #include <openssl/rsa.h>





 int RSA_size(const RSA *rsa);



DESCRIPTION

This function returns the RSA modulus size in bytes. It can be used to determine how much memory must be allocated for an RSA encrypted value.

rsa->n must not be NULL.

RETURN VALUE

The size in bytes.

SEE ALSO

rsa(3)

HISTORY

RSA_size() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
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0.9.7a RSA_size (3) 2002-08-05
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