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KCAPI_KPP_KEYGEN(3) Programming Interface KCAPI_KPP_KEYGEN(3)

NAME

kcapi_kpp_keygen - generate a public key

SYNOPSIS

ssize_t kcapi_kpp_keygen(struct kcapi_handle * handle, uint8_t * pubkey, size_t pubkeylen, int access);

ARGUMENTS

handle

[in] cipher handle

pubkey

[out] generated public key

pubkeylen

[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 key generation operation upon success; a negative errno-style error code if an error occurred

AUTHOR

Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>

Author.

COPYRIGHT

March 2023 libkcapi Manual 1.4.0