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.\"     Title: zmq_curve_keypair
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.\"      Date: 03/20/2024
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.TH "ZMQ_CURVE_KEYPAIR" "3" "03/20/2024" "0MQ 4\&.3\&.5" "0MQ Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
zmq_curve_keypair \- generate a new CURVE keypair
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBint zmq_curve_keypair (char *z85_public_key, char *z85_secret_key);\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fIzmq_curve_keypair()\fR function shall return a newly generated random keypair consisting of a public key and a secret key\&. The caller provides two buffers, each at least 41 octets large, in which this method will store the keys\&. The keys are encoded using \fBzmq_z85_encode\fR(3)\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The \fIzmq_curve_keypair()\fR function shall return 0 if successful, else it shall return \-1 and set \fIerrno\fR to one of the values defined below\&.
.SH "ERRORS"
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\fBENOTSUP\fR
.RS 4
The libzmq library was not built with cryptographic support (libsodium)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
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\fBGenerating a new CURVE keypair\fR. 
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.if n \{\
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char public_key [41];
char secret_key [41];
int rc = zmq_curve_keypair (public_key, secret_key);
assert (rc == 0);
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBzmq_z85_decode\fR(3) \fBzmq_z85_encode\fR(3) \fBzmq_curve\fR(7)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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