1.\" $OpenBSD: PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new.3,v 1.6 2021/10/25 13:48:12 schwarze Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: October 25 2021 $ 18.Dt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_NEW 3 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new , 22.Nm PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free 23.Nd PKCS#8 private key information 24.Sh SYNOPSIS 25.In openssl/x509.h 26.Ft PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO * 27.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new void 28.Ft void 29.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free "PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *key" 30.Sh DESCRIPTION 31.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new 32allocates and initializes an empty 33.Vt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 34object, representing an ASN.1 35.Vt PrivateKeyInfo 36structure defined in RFC 5208 section 5. 37It can hold a private key together with information about the 38algorithm to be used with it and optional attributes. 39.Pp 40.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free 41frees 42.Fa key . 43.Sh RETURN VALUES 44.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new 45returns the new 46.Vt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 47object or 48.Dv NULL 49if an error occurs. 50.Sh SEE ALSO 51.Xr d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 3 , 52.Xr d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio 3 , 53.Xr EVP_PKCS82PKEY 3 , 54.Xr EVP_PKEY_asn1_set_private 3 , 55.Xr PEM_read_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 3 , 56.Xr PKCS12_parse 3 , 57.Xr PKCS8_pkey_set0 3 , 58.Xr X509_ATTRIBUTE_new 3 59.Sh STANDARDS 60RFC 5208: PKCS#8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification 61.Sh HISTORY 62.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new 63and 64.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free 65first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.3 and have been available since 66.Ox 2.6 . 67