kcapi_kpp_ssgen
generate a shared secret
- Provided by: libkcapi-dev (Version: 1.4.0-1)
- Source: libkcapi
- Report a bug
SYNOPSIS
ssize_t kcapi_kpp_ssgen(struct kcapi_handle * handle, const uint8_t * pubkey, size_t pubkeylen, uint8_t * ss, size_t sslen, int access);
ARGUMENTS
handle
[in] cipher handle
pubkey
[in] public key of peer that shall be used to generate
the shared secret with
pubkeylen
[in] length of the public key buffer
ss
[out] generated shared secret
sslen
[in] length of key buffer
access
[in] kernel access type (KCAPI_ACCESS_HEURISTIC - use
internal heuristic for fastest kernel access; KCAPI_ACCESS_VMSPLICE - use
vmsplice access; KCAPI_ACCESS_SENDMSG - sendmsg access)
DESCRIPTION
return number of bytes returned by the shared secret generation operation upon success; a negative errno-style error code if an error occurred
AUTHOR
Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
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