NAME
X509_new, X509_free — X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions
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).
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.
