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NAME

       gnutls_init - API function


SYNOPSIS

       #include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

       gnutls_init(3) * session, unsigned int flags);


ARGUMENTS

       gnutls_session_t * session
                   is a pointer to a gnutls_session_t type.

       unsigned int flags
                   indicate if this session is to be used for server or
                   client.


DESCRIPTION

       This function initializes the provided session. Every session must be
       initialized before use, and after successful initialization and use
       must be deinitialized by calling gnutls_deinit().

        flags can be any combination of flags from gnutls_init_flags_t.

       Note that since version 3.1.2 this function enables some common TLS
       extensions such as session tickets and OCSP certificate status request
       in client side by default. To prevent that use the
       GNUTLS_NO_DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS flag.

       Note that it is never mandatory to use gnutls_deinit() after this
       function fails.  Since gnutls 3.8.0, it is safe to unconditionally use
       gnutls_deinit() even after failure regardless of whether the memory was
       initialized prior to gnutls_init(3); however, clients wanting to be
       portable to older versions of the library should either skip
       deinitialization on failure, or pre-initialize the memory passed in to
       gnutls_init(3) to all zeroes via memset() or similar.


RETURNS

       GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, or an error code.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
       Home page: https://www.gnutls.org



COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others.
       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

       https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

gnutls                               3.8.1                      gnutls_init(3)

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