gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm(3)

gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/abstract.h>

int gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm(gnutls_privkey_t key, unsigned int * bits);

Arguments

gnutls_privkey_t key

should contain a gnutls_privkey_t type

unsigned int * bits

If set will return the number of bits of the parameters (may be NULL)

Overview

This function will return the public key algorithm of a private key and if possible will return a number of bits that indicates the security parameter of the key.

Returns

a member of the gnutls_pk_algorithm_t enumeration on success, or a negative error code on error.

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.