MirOS Manual: X509_free(3), X509_new(3)


X509_NEW(3)                  OpenSSL                  X509_NEW(3)

NAME

     X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation func-
     tions

SYNOPSIS

      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). Other-
     wise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.

     X509_free() returns no value.

HISTORY

     X509_new() and X509_free() are available in all versions of
     SSLeay and OpenSSL.

MirOS BSD #10-current      2005-02-05                           1

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