gnutls_cipher_get_tag_size(3)

gnutls_cipher_get_tag_size3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

unsigned gnutls_cipher_get_tag_size(gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t algorithm);

Arguments

gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t algorithm

is an encryption algorithm

Overview

This function returns the tag size of an authenticated encryption algorithm. For non-AEAD algorithms, it returns zero.

Returns

the tag size of the authenticated encryption algorithm.

Since

3.2.2

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.