SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl)

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version 15.1 · 3 versions
, in freebsd 15.1

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is SSL_CONF_CTX_new, SSL_CONF_CTX_free — literally the SSL configuration allocation functions ✨ (yes, bestie, that's the SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl) page from the OpenSSL manual, and we're getting into it 🎀)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

SSL_CONF_CTX *SSL_CONF_CTX_new(void);
void SSL_CONF_CTX_free(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx);

like, that's the whole vibe. two functions. in and out. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so SSL_CONF_CTX_new() is the glow-up function 💅 — it allocates and initialises an SSL_CONF_CTX structure, and that structure is what you use with the SSL_CONF functions. it's giving "fresh new context, main character energy" and honestly? obsessed.

then SSL_CONF_CTX_free() is the cleanup queen 🧹 — it frees up the context cctx. and bestie, note this: if cctx is NULL, nothing is done. no crash, no drama, no cap. it just. doesn't. 🙈

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

  • SSL_CONF_CTX_new() — returns either the newly allocated SSL_CONF_CTX structure or NULL if an error occurs 😭 (so like, check it, fr fr)
  • SSL_CONF_CTX_free() — does not return a value. it's a void. it gives nothing and that's iconic of it 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

iykyk, go read them, they're all part of the same little friend group 🫶

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

these functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2 — yes she's been around a while, a true veteran, still slaying 🌈

Copyright 2012-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

💡 friendly reminder: that license stuff is not a vibe, it's a rule. no copying this file unless you're complying with the License, periodt. 🔥

and that's the page, bestie 🍓 — brought to you by OpenSSL 3.5.6, dated 2026-04-07, and this little corner of the manual is called SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl) 💜 mwah, go allocate responsibly 🧚

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