dh_new(3) - Linux man page
Name
DH_new, DH_free - allocate and free DH objects
Synopsis
#include <openssl/dh.h> DH* DH_new(void); void DH_free(DH *dh);
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(3). Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
DH_free() returns no value.
See Also
dh(3), err_get_error(3), dh_generate_parameters(3), dh_generate_key(3)
History
DH_new() and DH_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.