SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl) — like, the whole page

okay bestie, so this is the 3ossl manual page from the OpenSSL crew, and it's literally just about two lil functions that handle allocating and freeing an SSL_CONF_CTX structure. short page, big main character energy. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

SSL_CONF_CTX_new, SSL_CONF_CTX_free — the SSL configuration allocation functions, aka the ones that hand you a context and then take it back 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie:

  • SSL_CONF_CTX_new() — this one allocates and initialises an SSL_CONF_CTX structure for you, and it's meant to be used with the SSL_CONF functions. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. new context, freshly served, go use it ✨
  • SSL_CONF_CTX_free() — this one frees up the context cctx. and here's the cute part: if cctx is NULL, nothing is done. no drama, no crash, it just politely minds its business 🙈

👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

  • SSL_CONF_CTX_new() returns either the newly allocated SSL_CONF_CTX structure or NULL if an error occurs 😭 so like, always check, okay? don't be out here dereferencing NULL, that's not the move.
  • SSL_CONF_CTX_free() does not return a value. it's a void. it gives nothing and that's on periodt 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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⭐ HISTORY ⭐

these functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2. vintage. iconic. we stan an OG 🎀

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>.

alright bestie, that's the whole page — no cap, every last bit of it 🧚💜 this was OpenSSL 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25, and the man page goes by SSL_CONF_CTX_NEW(3ossl). now go forth and allocate responsibly 🌈⭐

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