gnutls_record_can_use_length_hiding(3)

gnutls_record_can_use_length_hiding3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

unsigned gnutls_record_can_use_length_hiding(gnutls_session_t session);

Arguments

gnutls_session_t session

is a gnutls_session_t type.

Overview

If the session supports length-hiding padding, you can invoke gnutls_record_send_range() to send a message whose length is hidden in the given range. If the session does not support length hiding padding, you can use the standard gnutls_record_send() function, or gnutls_record_send_range() making sure that the range is the same as the length of the message you are trying to send.

Returns

true (1) if the current session supports length-hiding padding, false (0) if the current session does not.

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.