HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 3: Kerberos > Chapter 6 KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_c_string_to_key — Convert a string to a key

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_c_string_to_key (
        krb5_context            context,
        krb5_enctype            enctype,
        const krb5_data         *string,
        const krb5_data         *salt,
        krb5_keyblock           *key );

Arguments

context (input/output) 

The context structure.

enctype (input) 

The encryption type.

string (input)  

The string to be converted.

salt (input) 

The salt value.

key (output) 

The generated key.

Description

This routine converts a string into a key, using the supplied encryption type and salt values.

Return Values

This routine returns the following KRB5 status codes:

KRB5_BAD_ENCTYPEBad encryption type.

KRB5_CRYPTO_INTERNAL

Cryptosystem internal error.

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory.



krb5_c_random_seed — Get a random seed
  		 


krb5_c_string_to_key_with_params — Convert string key to keyblock