gnutls_cipher_decrypt(3)

gnutls_cipher_decrypt3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

int gnutls_cipher_decrypt(gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle, void * ctext, size_t ctext_len);

Arguments

gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle

is a gnutls_cipher_hd_t type

void * ctext

the data to decrypt

size_t ctext_len

the length of data to decrypt

Overview

This function will decrypt the given data using the algorithm specified by the context.

Note that in AEAD ciphers, this will not check the tag. You will need to compare the tag sent with the value returned from gnutls_cipher_tag().

Returns

Zero or a negative error code on error.

Since

2.10.0

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.