NAME¶
X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <openssl/x509.h>
X509 *X509_new(void);
void X509_free(X509 *a);
DESCRIPTION¶
The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure, which
represents an X509 certificate.
X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure.
X509_free() frees up the
X509 structure
a.
RETURN VALUES¶
If the allocation fails,
X509_new() returns
NULL and sets an error
code that can be obtained by
ERR_get_error(3). Otherwise it returns a
pointer to the newly allocated structure.
X509_free() returns no value.
SEE ALSO¶
ERR_get_error(3),
d2i_X509(3)
HISTORY¶
X509_new() and
X509_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay
and OpenSSL.