gnutls_dh_params_import_pkcs3(3)

✨ gnutls_dh_params_import_pkcs3(3) — the gnutls manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about importing DH params from PKCS3 💖 this is a page from the gnutls manual, and honestly? it's giving "cryptography but cute."

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gnutls_dh_params_import_pkcs3 — it's an API function, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_dh_params_import_pkcs3(gnutls_dh_params_t params, const
gnutls_datum_t * pkcs3_params, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format);

that's the whole vibe right there. three args, one int return, iconic behavior 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• gnutls_dh_params_t params — the parameters themselves. this is where your DH params are gonna live, bestie 🫶
• const gnutls_datum_t * pkcs3_params — should contain a PKCS3 DHParams structure, and it needs to be PEM or DER encoded. no other options, periodt.
• gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format — the format of params. PEM or DER. pick one, love 🌈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does this function actually do? it will extract the DHParams found in a PKCS3 formatted structure ✨ and lowkey that's a big deal because this is exactly the format that the "openssl dhparam" tool generates. so if you've got output from that tool, this is your girl 💅

and one very important lil detail: if the structure is PEM encoded, it should have a header of "BEGIN DH PARAMETERS". not "BEGIN SOMETHING ELSE", not vibes-based guessing — that exact header. write it down 📝

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⭐ RETURNS ⭐

on success? GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) comes back to you, slay 🎉 otherwise you get a negative error code — which is the library's way of saying "no ❤️" 😭

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? (rude of it, honestly.) report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org> 📧

home page: https://www.gnutls.org 🌐

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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. so like... keep the receipts, bestie 🧾💖

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🔥 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, go visit:

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

iykyk 🦋

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and that's the whole page, angel 💕 this was the gnutls manual, version 3.8.13, for gnutls_dh_params_import_pkcs3(3) — go forth and import those params, main character 💅✨🌈