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Command: X509_new | Section: 3 | Source: MINIX | File: X509_new.3
X509_new(3) OpenSSL X509_new(3)
NAME
X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions
LIBRARY
libcrypto, -lcrypto
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.
1.0.1n 2009-07-19 X509_new(3)