redhat man page for x509_new

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.

0.9.7a								    2002-11-12							       X509_new(3)