SSL_CONF_CTX_new.3ossl - Man Page

SSL configuration allocation functions

Synopsis

​ #include <openssl/ssl.h>
​
​ SSL_CONF_CTX *SSL_CONF_CTX_new(void);
​ void SSL_CONF_CTX_free(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx);

Description

The function SSL_CONF_CTX_new() allocates and initialises an SSL_CONF_CTX structure for use with the SSL_CONF functions.

The function SSL_CONF_CTX_free() frees up the context cctx. If cctx is NULL nothing is done.

Return Values

SSL_CONF_CTX_new() returns either the newly allocated SSL_CONF_CTX structure or NULL if an error occurs.

SSL_CONF_CTX_free() does not return a value.

See Also

ssl(7), ​SSL_CONF_CTX_set_flags(3), ​SSL_CONF_CTX_set_ssl_ctx(3), ​SSL_CONF_CTX_set1_prefix(3), ​SSL_CONF_cmd(3), ​SSL_CONF_cmd_argv(3)

History

These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.

Info

2026-09-29 3.5.9 OpenSSL