TS_RESP_CTX_NEW(3ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 TS_RESP_CTX_NEW(3ossl) — bestie edition

okay so this is the 3ossl girlies' guide to making (and yeeting) a timestamp response context object. yes that's a whole mouthful, but it's literally just the little setup bundle you need before you can generate timestamp responses. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <openssl/ts.h>

TS_RESP_CTX *TS_RESP_CTX_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
TS_RESP_CTX *TS_RESP_CTX_new(void);
void TS_RESP_CTX_free(TS_RESP_CTX *ctx);

like, that's the whole vibe. three functions, one header, we move 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So the main character here is a response context — it's the thing you create and then use for generating responses. it's giving backstage pass energy ✨

  • TS_RESP_CTX_new_ex() — allocates and initializes a TS_RESP_CTX structure with a library context of libctx and a property query of propq. and like… why do we care? because the library context and property query are literally how you pick which providers supply the fetched algorithms. it's the algorithm-picking pipeline, no cap 🔥
  • TS_RESP_CTX_new() — basically TS_RESP_CTX_new_ex()'s lowkey sibling, but it sets the library context and property query to NULL. which means the default (NULL) library context gets used for any operations requiring algorithm fetches. simple, clean, iconic 💖
  • TS_RESP_CTX_free() — frees the TS_RESP_CTX object ctx. and the sweet part? if the argument is NULL, nothing is done. no crash, no drama, it just politely does nothing. we love a defensive queen 👑

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

okay so real talk: if the allocation fails, TS_RESP_CTX_new_ex() and TS_RESP_CTX_new() return NULL. that's your iykyk failure signal 😭

otherwise? they return a pointer to the newly allocated structure. periodt 💅

heads up bestie: TS_RESP_CTX_free() doesn't get a return value listed here — it's a void situation, so don't go looking for one 🙈

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

  • TS_RESP_CTX_new_ex() was added in OpenSSL 3.0 — so it's the newer, more customizable sister of the two. glow-up behavior ✨

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 honestly a short one but we ate. this was OpenSSL 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25, from the TS_RESP_CTX_NEW(3ossl) manual — go forth and make your timestamp response contexts responsibly 💜🌈

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