NAME
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new,
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free —
PKCS#8 private key
information
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/x509.h>
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new(void);
void
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free(PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO
*key);
DESCRIPTION
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new()
allocates and initializes an empty PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO
object, representing an ASN.1 PrivateKeyInfo structure
defined in RFC 5208 section 5. It can hold a private key together with
information about the algorithm to be used with it and optional
attributes.
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free()
frees key.
RETURN VALUES
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new() returns the new
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO object or
NULL if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio(3), PEM_read_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO(3), PKCS12_parse(3), X509_ATTRIBUTE_new(3)
STANDARDS
RFC 5208: PKCS#8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification
HISTORY
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new() and
PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free() first appeared in OpenSSL
0.9.3 and have been available since OpenBSD 2.6.