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.Dd $Mdocdate: October 25 2021 $
.Dt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_NEW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new ,
.Nm PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free
.Nd PKCS#8 private key information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/x509.h
.Ft PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new void
.Ft void
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free "PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *key"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new
allocates and initializes an empty
.Vt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO
object, representing an ASN.1
.Vt PrivateKeyInfo
structure defined in RFC 5208 section 5.
It can hold a private key together with information about the
algorithm to be used with it and optional attributes.
.Pp
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free
frees
.Fa key .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new
returns the new
.Vt PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO
object or
.Dv NULL
if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr d2i_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 3 ,
.Xr d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio 3 ,
.Xr EVP_PKCS82PKEY 3 ,
.Xr EVP_PKEY_asn1_set_private 3 ,
.Xr PEM_read_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO 3 ,
.Xr PKCS12_parse 3 ,
.Xr PKCS8_pkey_set0 3 ,
.Xr X509_ATTRIBUTE_new 3
.Sh STANDARDS
RFC 5208: PKCS#8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new
and
.Fn PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_free
first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.3 and have been available since
.Ox 2.6 .