gnutls_pk_bits_to_sec_param(3)

gnutls_pk_bits_to_sec_param3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

gnutls_sec_param_t gnutls_pk_bits_to_sec_param(gnutls_pk_algorithm_t algo, unsigned int bits);

Arguments

gnutls_pk_algorithm_t algo

is a public key algorithm

unsigned int bits

is the number of bits

Overview

This is the inverse of gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(). Given an algorithm and the number of bits, it will return the security parameter. This is a rough indication.

Returns

The security parameter.

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.