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gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)      gnutls      gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)


NAME

       gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits - API function


SYNOPSIS

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       unsigned int gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(gnutls_pk_algorithm_t algo,
       gnutls_sec_param_t param);


ARGUMENTS

       gnutls_pk_algorithm_t algo
                   is a public key algorithm

       gnutls_sec_param_t param
                   is a security parameter


DESCRIPTION

       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

       The number of bits, or (0).


SINCE

       2.12.0


REPORTING BUGS

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


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001- 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

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

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

gnutls                               3.7.9      gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)

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