=pod =head1 NAME X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions =head1 SYNOPSIS #include X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); =head1 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 B structure B. If B is a B pointer, no action occurs. =head1 RETURN VALUES If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B and sets an error code that can be obtained by L. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L =head1 HISTORY X509_new() and X509_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. =cut