shishi_string_to_key(3)

shishi_string_to_key3

Api function

Usage

#include <shishi.h>

int shishi_string_to_key(Shishi * handle, int32_t keytype, const char * password, size_t passwordlen, const char * salt, size_t saltlen, const char * parameter, Shishi_key * outkey);

Arguments

Shishi * handle

shishi handle as allocated by shishi_init().

int32_t keytype

cryptographic encryption type, see Shishi_etype.

const char * password

input array with password.

size_t passwordlen

length of input array with password.

const char * salt

input array with salt.

size_t saltlen

length of input array with salt.

const char * parameter

input array with opaque encryption type specific information.

Shishi_key * outkey

allocated key handle that will contain new key.

Overview

Derive key from a string (password) and salt (commonly concatenation of realm and principal) for specified key type, and set the type and value in the given key to the computed values. The parameter value is specific for each keytype, and can be set if the parameter information is not available.

Return value

Returns SHISHI_OK iff successful.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8–11
  6. 12–13

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>. GNU Shishi home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/shishi/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

From shishi-doc 1.0.3-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.