6.8.2 Private keys

An abstract gnutls_privkey_t can be initialized using the functions below. It can be imported through an existing structure like gnutls_x509_privkey_t, but unlike public keys it cannot be exported. That is to allow abstraction over PKCS #11 keys that are not extractable.

• gnutls_privkey_import_x509
• gnutls_privkey_import_openpgp
• gnutls_privkey_import_pkcs11

• gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm
• gnutls_privkey_get_type

In order to support cryptographic operations using an external API, the following function is provided. This allows for a simple extensibility API without resorting to PKCS #11.

• gnutls_privkey_import_ext

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