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

# 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.

# 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, SSL_CONF_CTX_set_ssl_ctx, SSL_CONF_CTX_set1_prefix, SSL_CONF_cmd, SSL_CONF_cmd_argv

# HISTORY

These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.2