gnutls_hmac_get_key_size(3)

gnutls_hmac_get_key_size3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/crypto.h>

unsigned gnutls_hmac_get_key_size(gnutls_mac_algorithm_t algorithm);

Arguments

gnutls_mac_algorithm_t algorithm

the mac algorithm to use

Overview

This function will return the size of the key to be used with this algorithm. On the algorithms which may accept arbitrary key sizes, the returned size is the MAC key size used in the TLS protocol.

Returns

The key size or zero on error.

Since

3.6.12

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 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.