X509_new (3)
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NAME
X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functionsSYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/x509.h> X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a);
DESCRIPTION
The X509ASN1
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() returnsNULL
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.