Name

DH_new, DH_free — Allocates and frees DH objects

Library

libcrypto

Synopsis

#include <openssl/dh.h>

DH* DH_new(void);

void DH_free(DH *dh);

Detailed Description

DH_new() allocates and initializes a DH structure.

DH_free() frees the DH structure and its components. The values are erased before the memory is returned to the system.

Return Values

If the allocation fails, DH_new() returns NULL and sets an error code that can be obtained by ERR_get_error(). Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.

DH_free() returns no value.

See Also

dh(), ERR_get_error(), DH_generate_parameters(), DH_generate_key()

History

DH_new() and DH_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.

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