Thank you Dave!

Dave Thompson wrote:
>> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Dirk Menstermann
>> Sent: Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 10:57
> 
>> when I generate DH parameters with:
>>
>> int bits = 1024;
>> DH *params = DH_generate_parameters (bits, DH_GENERATOR_5, 
>> NULL, NULL);
>>
>> Can I then later read the value of the bits parameter from 
>> the DH struct?
>>
> DH_size() gives you the number of BYTES for the modulus 
> (and thus group elements like priv&pubkey values).
> If it was a multiple of 8 to start with, as it was 
> in this example and usually is, bytes*8 = bits.
> 
> If (possibly) not, BH_num_bits(dh->p) gives the exact bits.
> 
> 
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