gnutls_fips140_run_self_tests(3)

gnutls_fips140_run_self_tests3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_fips140_run_self_tests( void);

Arguments

void

Overview

Manually perform the second round of the FIPS140 self-tests, including:

- Known answer tests (KAT) for the selected set of symmetric cipher, MAC, public key, KDF, and DRBG - Library integrity checks

Upon failure with FIPS140 mode enabled, it makes the library unusable. This function is not thread-safe.

Returns

0 upon success, a negative error code otherwise

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.