PKCS12_NEW(3)

NAME
PKCS12_new, PKCS12_free, PKCS12_MAC_DATA_new, PKCS12_MAC_DATA_free - PKCS#12 personal information exchange (PFX)

SYNOPSIS
libcrypto
#include <openssl/pkcs12.h>
PKCS12 *
PKCS12_new(void);
void
PKCS12_free(PKCS12 *pfx);
PKCS12_MAC_DATA *
PKCS12_MAC_DATA_new(void);
void
PKCS12_MAC_DATA_free(PKCS12_MAC_DATA *mac_data);

DESCRIPTION
PKCS12_new() allocates and initializes an empty PKCS12 object, representing an ASN.1 PFX (personal information exchange) structure defined in RFC 7292 section 4. It can hold a pointer to a PKCS7 object described in PKCS7_new(3) and optionally an instance of PKCS12_MAC_DATA described below. PKCS12_free() frees pfx.

PKCS12_MAC_DATA_new() allocates and initializes an empty PKCS12_MAC_DATA object, representing an ASN.1 MacData structure defined in RFC 7292 section 4. It is used inside PKCS12 and can hold a pointer to an X509_SIG object described in X509_SIG_new(3) together with a salt value and an iteration count. PKCS12_MAC_DATA_free() frees mac_data.

RETURN VALUES
PKCS12_new() and PKCS12_MAC_DATA_new() return the new PKCS12 or PKCS12_MAC_DATA object, respectively, or NULL if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO
d2i_PKCS12(3), PKCS12_create(3), PKCS12_newpass(3), PKCS12_parse(3), PKCS12_SAFEBAG_new(3), PKCS7_new(3), X509_SIG_new(3)

STANDARDS
RFC 7292: PKCS #12: Personal Information Exchange Syntax

HISTORY
PKCS12_new(), PKCS12_free(), PKCS12_MAC_DATA_new(), and PKCS12_MAC_DATA_free() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.3 and have been available since OpenBSD 2.6.