gnutls_privkey_verify_seed(3)

gnutls_privkey_verify_seed3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/abstract.h>

int gnutls_privkey_verify_seed(gnutls_privkey_t key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t digest, const void * seed, size_t seed_size);

Arguments

gnutls_privkey_t key

should contain a gnutls_privkey_t type

gnutls_digest_algorithm_t digest

it contains the digest algorithm used for key generation (if applicable)

const void * seed

the seed of the key to be checked with

size_t seed_size

holds the size of seed

Overview

This function will verify that the given private key was generated from the provided seed.

Returns

In case of a verification failure GNUTLS_E_PRIVKEY_VERIFICATION_ERROR is returned, and zero or positive code on success.

Since

3.5.0

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. 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.