EVP_PKEY_new - private key allocation functions.
#include <openssl/evp.h> EVP_PKEY *EVP_PKEY_new(void); void EVP_PKEY_free(EVP_PKEY *key);
EVP_PKEY_new(3openssl) OpenSSL EVP_PKEY_new(3openssl)
NAME
EVP_PKEY_new, EVP_PKEY_free - private key allocation functions.
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
EVP_PKEY *EVP_PKEY_new(void);
void EVP_PKEY_free(EVP_PKEY *key);
DESCRIPTION
The EVP_PKEY_new() function allocates an empty EVP_PKEY structure which
is used by OpenSSL to store private keys.
EVP_PKEY_free() frees up the private key key.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | library/security/openssl |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
The EVP_PKEY structure is used by various OpenSSL functions which
require a general private key without reference to any particular
algorithm.
The structure returned by EVP_PKEY_new() is empty. To add a private key
to this empty structure the functions described in EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA(3)
should be used.
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.openssl.org/.
RETURN VALUES
EVP_PKEY_new() returns either the newly allocated EVP_PKEY structure of
NULL if an error occurred.
EVP_PKEY_free() does not return a value.
SEE ALSO
EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA(3)
HISTORY
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