gnutls_cipher_get_key_size(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_cipher_get_key_size — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, this page lives in the gnutls manual (that's the library, section 3, the C function corner of the world), and it's about one lil' function that tells you how big a cipher's key is. that's it. that's the whole vibe. let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gnutls_cipher_get_key_size — API function, aka the "how many bytes is this key, bestie" function 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

size_t gnutls_cipher_get_key_size(gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t algorithm);

look at her. one include, one function, zero drama. iconic ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • gnutls_cipher_algorithm_t algorithm — this is an encryption algorithm, bestie. like, the cipher itself. that's what you hand over. 🧚

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function returns the key size of the algorithm you passed in. that's it. no side quests, no plot twists. you give it a cipher, it tells you how big that cipher's key is. periodt. 👑

⭐ RETURNS ⭐

it hands you back the length, in bytes, of the given cipher's key size. 💖

and if the cipher you gave it is invalid? you get 0. not an error code, not a scream, just a plain lil' 0. so like, vibe check your algorithm before you get your feelings hurt. 😭

🦋 REPORTING BUGS 🦋

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Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others. 🫶

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. (translation: go off, share it, just keep the receipts attached. 💅)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

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

like, go read the whole thing, it's giving encyclopedia but make it TLS. 📚✨

and that's the page, bestie!! this was gnutls version 3.8.13, straight from the gnutls manual, and yes she ate. no cap. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶

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