5 X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions
10 void X509_free(X509 *a);
14 The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an
15 X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate.
17 X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure.
19 X509_free() frees up the B<X509> structure B<a>.
23 If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error
24 code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
25 Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
27 X509_free() returns no value.
31 L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)>
35 X509_new() and X509_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.