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gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)   gnutls   gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)

NAME         top

       gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits - API function

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       unsigned int gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(gnutls_pk_algorithm_t
       algo, gnutls_sec_param_t param);

ARGUMENTS         top

       gnutls_pk_algorithm_t algo
                   is a public key algorithm

       gnutls_sec_param_t param
                   is a security parameter

DESCRIPTION         top

       When generating private and public key pairs a difficult question
       is which size of "bits" the modulus will be in RSA and the group
       size in DSA. The easy answer is 1024, which is also wrong. This
       function will convert a human understandable security parameter
       to an appropriate size for the specific algorithm.

RETURNS         top

       The number of bits, or (0).

SINCE         top

       2.12.0

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
       Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

COPYRIGHT         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       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/

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the GnuTLS (GnuTLS Transport Layer Security
       Library) project.  Information about the project can be found at
       ⟨http://www.gnutls.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, send it to bugs@gnutls.org.  This page was obtained
       from the tarball gnutls-3.8.5.tar.xz fetched from
       ⟨http://www.gnutls.org/download.html⟩ on 2024-06-14.  If you
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gnutls                            3.8.5   gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)

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