- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- HISTORY
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

SSL_CONF_CTX_new, SSL_CONF_CTX_free - 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_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.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.