gnutls_certificate_free_ca_names(3)

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version 3.8.13 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

💖 gnutls_certificate_free_ca_names(3) 💖

okay bestie so this one lives in the gnutls manual, and it's literally called gnutls_certificate_free_ca_names — an API function, no cap. sit down, hydrate, let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

void gnutls_certificate_free_ca_names(gnutls_certificate_credentials_t
sc);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns nothing (void), takes one thing, deletes stuff. main character energy tbh 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • gnutls_certificate_credentials_t sc — bestie this is a gnutls_certificate_credentials_t type. that's the whole description. it's a credentials object and you're about to strip the CA names out of it ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. this function will delete all the CA name in the given credentials. all of them. gone. poof. 💀

who should be calling this tho? listen:

  • Clients may call this to save some memory — because on the client side, the CA names are not used. like, not even a little bit. so why keep them around eating your RAM fr fr 🙈
  • Servers might want to use this function if a large list of trusted CAs is present and sending the names of it would just consume bandwidth without providing information to client. like why are you yapping when nobody's listening 😭

and for context, iykyk: CA names are used by servers to advertise the CAs they support to clients. that's the whole point of them existing — servers being like "hey here's who i trust" to the clients. iconic behaviour, but only when it's actually useful 👑

💜 REPORTING BUGS 💜

found a bug? not on my watch. go tell the gnutls girlies:

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form, visit:

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

like, just click the link bestie, the info is right there ✨

and that's the whole page babes!! this one came from gnutls 3.8.13 — the gnutls_certificate_free_ca_names(3) page, version 3.8.13 era, bringing you all this free-software goodness from the Free Software Foundation. stay slaying, stay freeing your CA names, mwah 🫶💅🎀

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