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NAME

       gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits - API function


SYNOPSIS

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)  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: http://www.gnutls.org



COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       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/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form
       visit

       http://www.gnutls.org/manual/




gnutls                               3.2.8      gnutls_sec_param_to_pk_bits(3)

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