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Title "X509_new 3"
X509_new 3 "0.9.7d" "2004-03-17" "OpenSSL"
C
"NAME"
X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate \s-1ASN1\s0 allocation functions
"SYNOPSIS"
Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 2 X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); .Ve
"DESCRIPTION"
Header "DESCRIPTION" The X509 \s-1ASN1\s0 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate.

\fIX509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure.

\fIX509_free() frees up the X509 structure a.

"RETURN VALUES"
Header "RETURN VALUES" If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns \s-1NULL\s0 and sets an error code that can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3). Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.

\fIX509_free() returns no value.

"SEE ALSO"
Header "SEE ALSO" ERR_get_error(3), d2i_X509(3)
"HISTORY"
Header "HISTORY" \fIX509_new() and X509_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.