gnutls_sign_is_secure2(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_sign_is_secure2(3) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this one lives in the gnutls manual, and it's genuinely one of the most useful little vibe-checkers in the whole crypto toolbox. it's an API function, so yes, it's for the coders among us 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gnutls_sign_is_secure2 — the API function that looks at a signature algorithm and tells you whether it's still slaying or whether it's giving "please retire" 💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

unsigned gnutls_sign_is_secure2(gnutls_sign_algorithm_t algorithm,
unsigned int flags);

no cap, that's the whole thing. two args, one unsigned coming back at you. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • gnutls_sign_algorithm_t algorithm — bestie, this is a sign algorithm. the thing you're asking about. the main character of this function call 👑
  • unsigned int flags — either zero, or GNUTLS_SIGN_FLAG_SECURE_FOR_CERTS. that's it, that's the menu. pick your vibe ✨

⭐ RETURNS ⭐

Non-zero if the provided signature algorithm is considered to be secure. so like… if you get a non-zero back, it passed the vibe check 🌈 if you get zero, it did not, and you should probably go touch some grass and pick a different algorithm 😭

🦋 REPORTING BUGS 🦋

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, tell the gnutls girlies:

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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. (iconic behaviour tbh — free to share, just keep the receipts 🧾✨)

🌈 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/
lowkey reminder: this page only tells you what the function does. it does not promise anything about algorithms that aren't in the original text, so don't come for me 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was gnutls 3.8.13, gnutls_sign_is_secure2(3), and you read it all the way through — obsessed with you fr fr. go check your signature algorithms, they deserve it 💖🎀🦋

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