gnutls_pkcs11_token_get_random(3)

gnutls_pkcs11_token_get_random3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/pkcs11.h>

int gnutls_pkcs11_token_get_random(const char * token_url, void * rnddata, size_t len);

Arguments

const char * token_url

A PKCS 11 URL specifying a token

void * rnddata

A pointer to the memory area to be filled with random data

size_t len

The number of bytes of randomness to request

Overview

This function will get random data from the given token. It will store rnddata and fill the memory pointed to by rnddata with len random bytes from the token.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

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 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.