NAME
X509_REQ_new,
X509_REQ_free,
X509_REQ_INFO_new,
X509_REQ_INFO_free —
PKCS#10 certification
requests
SYNOPSIS
#include
<openssl/x509.h>
X509_REQ *
X509_REQ_new(void);
void
X509_REQ_free(X509_REQ
*req);
X509_REQ_INFO *
X509_REQ_INFO_new(void);
void
X509_REQ_INFO_free(X509_REQ_INFO
*req_info);
DESCRIPTION
X509_REQ_new()
allocates and initializes an empty X509_REQ object,
representing an ASN.1 CertificationRequest structure
defined in RFC 2986 section 4.2. It can hold a pointer to an
X509_REQ_INFO object discussed below together with a
cryptographic signature and information about the signature algorithm used.
X509_REQ_free()
frees req. If req is a
NULL pointer, no action occurs.
X509_REQ_INFO_new()
allocates and initializes an empty X509_REQ_INFO
object, representing an ASN.1 CertificationRequestInfo
structure defined in RFC 2986 section 4.1. It is used inside the
X509_REQ object and can hold the subject and the
public key of the requested certificate and additional attributes.
X509_REQ_INFO_free()
frees req_info. If req_info is a
NULL pointer, no action occurs.
RETURN VALUES
X509_REQ_new() and
X509_REQ_INFO_new() return the new
X509_REQ or X509_REQ_INFO
object, respectively, or NULL if an error
occurs.
SEE ALSO
d2i_X509_REQ(3), PEM_read_X509_REQ(3), X509_new(3), X509_REQ_get_pubkey(3), X509_REQ_get_subject_name(3), X509_REQ_get_version(3), X509_REQ_sign(3)
STANDARDS
RFC 2986: PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Specification
HISTORY
X509_REQ_new(),
X509_REQ_free(),
X509_REQ_INFO_new(), and
X509_REQ_INFO_free() first appeared in SSLeay 0.4.4
and have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.