gnutls_x509_privkey_verify_seed(3)

gnutls_x509_privkey_verify_seed3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_privkey_verify_seed(gnutls_x509_privkey_t key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t digest, const void * seed, size_t seed_size);

Arguments

gnutls_x509_privkey_t key

should contain a gnutls_x509_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. If seed is NULL then the seed stored in the key 's structure will be used for verification.

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 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.