Encodes an EC_KEY public key to an allocated octet string

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/ec.h>

[[deprecated]]
size_t
EC_KEY_key2buf(
    EC_KEY const* key,
    point_conversion_form_t form,
    unsigned char** pbuf,
    BN_CTX* ctx);
Warning

Deprecated. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.

Return Value

the length of the encoded octet string or 0 if an error occurred

Parameters

Name

Description

key

key to encode

form

point conversion form

pbuf

returns pointer to allocated buffer

ctx

BN_CTX object (optional)

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