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.IX Title "BN_new 3"
.TH BN_new 3 2019-12-20 1.0.2u OpenSSL
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.SH NAME
BN_new, BN_init, BN_clear, BN_free, BN_clear_free \- allocate and free BIGNUMs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/bn.h>
\&
\& BIGNUM *BN_new(void);
\&
\& void BN_init(BIGNUM *);
\&
\& void BN_clear(BIGNUM *a);
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\& void BN_free(BIGNUM *a);
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\& void BN_clear_free(BIGNUM *a);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBBN_new()\fR allocates and initializes a \fBBIGNUM\fR structure. \fBBN_init()\fR
initializes an existing uninitialized \fBBIGNUM\fR.
.PP
\&\fBBN_clear()\fR is used to destroy sensitive data such as keys when they
are no longer needed. It erases the memory used by \fBa\fR and sets it
to the value 0.
.PP
\&\fBBN_free()\fR frees the components of the \fBBIGNUM\fR, and if it was created
by \fBBN_new()\fR, also the structure itself. \fBBN_clear_free()\fR additionally
overwrites the data before the memory is returned to the system.
If \fBa\fR is NULL, nothing is done.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
\&\fBBN_new()\fR returns a pointer to the \fBBIGNUM\fR initialised to the value 0.
If the allocation fails,
it returns \fBNULL\fR and sets an error code that can be obtained
by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
.PP
\&\fBBN_init()\fR, \fBBN_clear()\fR, \fBBN_free()\fR and \fBBN_clear_free()\fR have no return
values.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBbn\fR\|(3), \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3)
.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
\&\fBBN_new()\fR, \fBBN_clear()\fR, \fBBN_free()\fR and \fBBN_clear_free()\fR are available in
all versions on SSLeay and OpenSSL.  \fBBN_init()\fR was added in SSLeay
0.9.1b.