gnutls_record_get_max_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_record_get_max_size ✨

okay bestie, we're diving into gnutls (that's the GNU TLS library, the whole vibe) and today's main character is gnutls_record_get_max_size. yes, the name is long. yes, it's iconic. let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

gnutls_record_get_max_size — it's an API function, bestie. that's the whole job description 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

size_t gnutls_record_get_max_size(gnutls_session_t session);

look at that. clean. simple. slaying. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • gnutls_session_t session — bestie this is a gnutls_session_t type. that's it. that's the arg. it's giving "one job, done flawlessly" 😌

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like, this one literally just gets the record size for you. no cap. 📏

and here's the tea: the maximum record size is negotiated by the client after the first handshake message. so it's not you picking it, it's not the server picking it — the client does the negotiating once that first handshake message has happened. iykyk 🤝

⭐ RETURNS ⭐

it hands you back the maximum record packet size in this connection. that's the return value, fr fr. 🎁

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found something cursed? not me gatekeeping — go tell the devs:

they actually want to hear it, bestie. it's not a vibe killer, it's a public service 💖

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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: use it, share it, remix it — just keep the receipts. periodt. 💅)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not have the HTML form, then bestie, you gotta go here instead:

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

and that's the whole page, no crumbs left 🍓 stay curious, stay encrypted, and remember: the client negotiates the record size after the first handshake message. that's the takeaway. mwah 💋

signing off from the gnutls manual, version 3.8.13, brought to you by the gnutls crew — see you in the next manpage, bestie 🎀✨🦋

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