1X509_NEW(3)                         OpenSSL                        X509_NEW(3)
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NAME

6       X509_chain_up_ref, X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate
7       ASN1 allocation functions
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SYNOPSIS

10        #include <openssl/x509.h>
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12        X509 *X509_new(void);
13        void X509_free(X509 *a);
14        int X509_up_ref(X509 *a);
15        STACK_OF(X509) *X509_chain_up_ref(STACK_OF(X509) *x);
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DESCRIPTION

18       The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure,
19       which represents an X509 certificate.
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21       X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure with reference
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24       X509_free() decrements the reference count of X509 structure a and
25       frees it up if the reference count is zero. If a is NULL nothing is
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28       X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of a.
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30       X509_chain_up_ref() increases the reference count of all certificates
31       in chain x and returns a copy of the stack.
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NOTES

34       The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is
35       being used by several different operations each of which will free it
36       up after use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate
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39       The function X509_chain_up_ref() doesn't just up the reference count of
40       each certificate it also returns a copy of the stack, using
41       sk_X509_dup(), but it serves a similar purpose: the returned chain
42       persists after the original has been freed.
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RETURN VALUES

45       If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns NULL and sets an error code
46       that can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).  Otherwise it returns a
47       pointer to the newly allocated structure.
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49       X509_up_ref() returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
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51       X509_chain_up_ref() returns a copy of the stack or NULL if an error
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SEE ALSO

55       d2i_X509(3), ERR_get_error(3), X509_CRL_get0_by_serial(3),
56       X509_get0_signature(3), X509_get_ext_d2i(3),
57       X509_get_extension_flags(3), X509_get_pubkey(3),
58       X509_get_subject_name(3), X509_get_version(3),
59       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3), X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(3),
60       X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(3), X509_NAME_print_ex(3), X509_sign(3),
61       X509V3_get_d2i(3), X509_verify_cert(3)
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67       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
68       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
69       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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731.1.1q                            2023-07-20                       X509_NEW(3)
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