gnutls_cipher_decrypt3(3)

gnutls_cipher_decrypt33

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

int gnutls_cipher_decrypt3(gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle, const void * ctext, size_t ctext_len, void * ptext, size_t * ptext_len, unsigned flags);

Arguments

gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle

is a gnutls_cipher_hd_t type

const void * ctext

the data to decrypt

size_t ctext_len

the length of data to decrypt

void * ptext

the decrypted data

size_t * ptext_len

the available length for decrypted data

unsigned flags

flags for padding

Overview

This function will decrypt the given data using the algorithm specified by the context. If flags is specified, padding for the decrypted data will be removed accordingly and ptext_len will be updated.

Returns

Zero or a negative error code on error.

Since

3.7.7

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 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.