gnutls_random_art(3)

gnutls_random_art3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_random_art(gnutls_random_art_t type, const char * key_type, unsigned int key_size, void * fpr, size_t fpr_size, gnutls_datum_t * art);

Arguments

gnutls_random_art_t type

The type of the random art (for now only GNUTLS_RANDOM_ART_OPENSSH is supported)

const char * key_type

The type of the key (RSA, DSA etc.)

unsigned int key_size

The size of the key in bits

void * fpr

The fingerprint of the key

size_t fpr_size

The size of the fingerprint

gnutls_datum_t * art

The returned random art

Overview

This function will convert a given fingerprint to an "artistic" image. The returned image is allocated using gnutls_malloc(), is null-terminated but art->size will not account the terminating null.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise an error code is returned.

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.