X509_new 3 2008-05-09 0.9.9-dev OpenSSL

### NAME

X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions

### LIBRARY

libcrypto, -lcrypto

### SYNOPSIS

     #include

     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.