gnutls_pubkey_encrypt_data(3)

gnutls_pubkey_encrypt_data3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/abstract.h>

int gnutls_pubkey_encrypt_data(gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * plaintext, gnutls_datum_t * ciphertext);

Arguments

gnutls_pubkey_t key

Holds the public key

unsigned int flags

should be 0 for now

const gnutls_datum_t * plaintext

The data to be encrypted

gnutls_datum_t * ciphertext

contains the encrypted data

Overview

This function will encrypt the given data, using the public key. On success the ciphertext will be allocated using gnutls_malloc().

Returns

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

Since

3.0

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.