gnutls_cipher_encrypt2(3)

gnutls_cipher_encrypt23

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

int gnutls_cipher_encrypt2(gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle, const void * ptext, size_t ptext_len, void * ctext, size_t ctext_len);

Arguments

gnutls_cipher_hd_t handle

is a gnutls_cipher_hd_t type

const void * ptext

the data to encrypt

size_t ptext_len

the length of data to encrypt

void * ctext

the encrypted data

size_t ctext_len

the available length for encrypted data

Overview

This function will encrypt the given data using the algorithm specified by the context. For block ciphers the ptext_len must be a multiple of the block size. For the supported ciphers the encrypted data length will equal the plaintext size.

Returns

Zero or a negative error code on error.

Since

2.12.0

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.