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-.IX Title "DSA_SET_METHOD 3"
-.TH DSA_SET_METHOD 3 "2022-07-05" "1.1.1q" "OpenSSL"
+.IX Title "DSA_SET_METHOD 3ossl"
+.TH DSA_SET_METHOD 3ossl 2026-04-07 3.5.6 OpenSSL
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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.nh
-.SH "NAME"
-DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method, DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL \- select DSA method
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.SH NAME
+DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method,
+DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL \- select DSA method
+.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/dsa.h>
-\&
+.Ve
+.PP
+The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
+hidden entirely by defining \fBOPENSSL_API_COMPAT\fR with a suitable version value,
+see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
+.PP
+.Vb 1
\& void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth);
\&
\& const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void);
@@ -153,67 +85,73 @@ DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method, DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method,
\&
\& DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
\&
-\& DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
+\& const DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
.Ve
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-A \fB\s-1DSA_METHOD\s0\fR specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for \s-1DSA\s0
+All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
+Applications should providers instead of method overrides.
+.PP
+A \fBDSA_METHOD\fR specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for DSA
operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations
-such as hardware accelerators may be used. \s-1IMPORTANT:\s0 See the \s-1NOTES\s0 section for
-important information about how these \s-1DSA API\s0 functions are affected by the use
-of \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR \s-1API\s0 calls.
+such as hardware accelerators may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for
+important information about how these DSA API functions are affected by the use
+of \fBENGINE\fR API calls.
.PP
-Initially, the default \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 is the OpenSSL internal implementation,
+Initially, the default DSA_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation,
as returned by \fBDSA_OpenSSL()\fR.
.PP
-\&\fBDSA_set_default_method()\fR makes \fBmeth\fR the default method for all \s-1DSA\s0
+\&\fBDSA_set_default_method()\fR makes \fBmeth\fR the default method for all DSA
structures created later.
-\&\fB\s-1NB\s0\fR: This is true only whilst no \s-1ENGINE\s0 has
-been set as a default for \s-1DSA,\s0 so this function is no longer recommended.
-This function is not thread-safe and should not be called at the same time
+\&\fBNB\fR: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has
+been set as a default for DSA, so this function is no longer recommended.
+This function is not thread\-safe and should not be called at the same time
as other OpenSSL functions.
.PP
\&\fBDSA_get_default_method()\fR returns a pointer to the current default
-\&\s-1DSA_METHOD.\s0 However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on
-whether the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 is being used, so this function is no longer
+DSA_METHOD. However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on
+whether the ENGINE API is being used, so this function is no longer
recommended.
.PP
\&\fBDSA_set_method()\fR selects \fBmeth\fR to perform all operations using the key
-\&\fBrsa\fR. This will replace the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 used by the \s-1DSA\s0 key and if the
-previous method was supplied by an \s-1ENGINE,\s0 the handle to that \s-1ENGINE\s0 will
-be released during the change. It is possible to have \s-1DSA\s0 keys that only
-work with certain \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 implementations (e.g. from an \s-1ENGINE\s0 module
-that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases
-attempting to change the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 for the key can have unexpected
-results. See DSA_meth_new for information on constructing custom \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0
+\&\fBrsa\fR. This will replace the DSA_METHOD used by the DSA key and if the
+previous method was supplied by an ENGINE, the handle to that ENGINE will
+be released during the change. It is possible to have DSA keys that only
+work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (e.g. from an ENGINE module
+that supports embedded hardware\-protected keys), and in such cases
+attempting to change the DSA_METHOD for the key can have unexpected
+results. See \fBDSA_meth_new\fR\|(3) for information on constructing custom DSA_METHOD
objects;
.PP
-\&\fBDSA_new_method()\fR allocates and initializes a \s-1DSA\s0 structure so that \fBengine\fR
-will be used for the \s-1DSA\s0 operations. If \fBengine\fR is \s-1NULL,\s0 the default engine
-for \s-1DSA\s0 operations is used, and if no default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is set, the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0
+\&\fBDSA_new_method()\fR allocates and initializes a DSA structure so that \fBengine\fR
+will be used for the DSA operations. If \fBengine\fR is NULL, the default engine
+for DSA operations is used, and if no default ENGINE is set, the DSA_METHOD
controlled by \fBDSA_set_default_method()\fR is used.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
\&\fBDSA_OpenSSL()\fR and \fBDSA_get_default_method()\fR return pointers to the respective
-\&\fB\s-1DSA_METHOD\s0\fRs.
+\&\fBDSA_METHOD\fRs.
.PP
\&\fBDSA_set_default_method()\fR returns no value.
.PP
\&\fBDSA_set_method()\fR returns nonzero if the provided \fBmeth\fR was successfully set as
-the method for \fBdsa\fR (including unloading the \s-1ENGINE\s0 handle if the previous
-method was supplied by an \s-1ENGINE\s0).
+the method for \fBdsa\fR (including unloading the ENGINE handle if the previous
+method was supplied by an ENGINE).
.PP
-\&\fBDSA_new_method()\fR returns \s-1NULL\s0 and sets an error code that can be
+\&\fBDSA_new_method()\fR returns NULL and sets an error code that can be
obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3) if the allocation
fails. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBDSA_new\fR\|(3), \fBDSA_new\fR\|(3), \fBDSA_meth_new\fR\|(3)
-.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.SH HISTORY
+.IX Header "HISTORY"
+All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright 2000\-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
.PP
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
-in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.