gnutls_dh_get_pubkey(3)

gnutls_dh_get_pubkey3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_dh_get_pubkey(gnutls_session_t session, gnutls_datum_t * raw_key);

Arguments

gnutls_session_t session

is a gnutls session

gnutls_datum_t * raw_key

will hold the public key.

Overview

This function will return the peer's public key used in the last Diffie-Hellman key exchange. This function should be used for both anonymous and ephemeral Diffie-Hellman. The output parameters must be freed with gnutls_free().

Note, that public key is exported as non-negative integer and may include a leading zero byte.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise an error code is returned.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. 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.