| KCAPI_CIPHER_SETKEY(3) | Programming Interface | KCAPI_CIPHER_SETKEY(3) |
NAME¶
kcapi_cipher_setkey - set the key for the cipher handle
SYNOPSIS¶
int kcapi_cipher_setkey(struct kcapi_handle * handle, const uint8_t * key, uint32_t keylen);
ARGUMENTS¶
handle
[in] cipher handle
key
[in] key buffer
keylen
[in] length of key buffer
DESCRIPTION¶
With this function, the caller sets the key for subsequent encryption or decryption operations.
After the caller provided the key, the caller may securely destroy the key as it is now maintained by the kernel.
return 0 upon success; a negative errno-style error code if an error occurred
AUTHOR¶
Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Author.
COPYRIGHT¶
| July 2017 | libkcapi Manual 0.13.0 |