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X509_new(3)                                        OpenSSL                                       X509_new(3)



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.



0.9.7l                                           2002-11-12                                      X509_new(3)