gnutls_session_set_premaster(3)

gnutls_session_set_premaster3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_session_set_premaster(gnutls_session_t session, unsigned int entity, gnutls_protocol_t version, gnutls_kx_algorithm_t kx, gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t cipher, gnutls_mac_algorithm_t mac, gnutls_compression_method_t comp, const gnutls_datum_t * master, const gnutls_datum_t * session_id);

Arguments

gnutls_session_t session

is a gnutls_session_t type.

unsigned int entity

GNUTLS_SERVER or GNUTLS_CLIENT

gnutls_protocol_t version

the TLS protocol version

gnutls_kx_algorithm_t kx

the key exchange method

gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t cipher

the cipher

gnutls_mac_algorithm_t mac

the MAC algorithm

gnutls_compression_method_t comp

the compression method (ignored)

const gnutls_datum_t * master

the master key to use

const gnutls_datum_t * session_id

the session identifier

Overview

This function sets the premaster secret in a session. This is a function intended for exceptional uses. Do not use this function unless you are implementing a legacy protocol. Use gnutls_session_set_data() instead.

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.