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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
<p>BN_new, BN_secure_new, BN_clear, BN_free, BN_clear_free - allocate and free BIGNUMs</p>
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
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#include &lt;openssl/bn.h&gt;</pre>
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BIGNUM *BN_new(void);</pre>
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BIGNUM *BN_secure_new(void);</pre>
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void BN_clear(BIGNUM *a);</pre>
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void BN_free(BIGNUM *a);</pre>
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void BN_clear_free(BIGNUM *a);</pre>
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p><code>BN_new()</code> allocates and initializes a <strong>BIGNUM</strong> structure.
<code>BN_secure_new()</code> does the same except that the secure heap
<em>OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3)</em> is used to store the value.</p>
<p><code>BN_clear()</code> is used to destroy sensitive data such as keys when they
are no longer needed. It erases the memory used by <strong>a</strong> and sets it
to the value 0.
If <strong>a</strong> is NULL, nothing is done.</p>
<p><code>BN_free()</code> frees the components of the <strong>BIGNUM</strong>, and if it was created
by <code>BN_new()</code>, also the structure itself. <code>BN_clear_free()</code> additionally
overwrites the data before the memory is returned to the system.
If <strong>a</strong> is NULL, nothing is done.</p>
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<h1><a name="return_values">RETURN VALUES</a></h1>
<p><code>BN_new()</code> and <code>BN_secure_new()</code>
return a pointer to the <strong>BIGNUM</strong> initialised to the value 0.
If the allocation fails,
they return <strong>NULL</strong> and set an error code that can be obtained
by <em>ERR_get_error(3)</em>.</p>
<p><code>BN_clear()</code>, <code>BN_free()</code> and <code>BN_clear_free()</code> have no return values.</p>
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<h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1>
<p><em>ERR_get_error(3)</em>, <em>OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3)</em></p>
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<h1><a name="history">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p><code>BN_init()</code> was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0; use <code>BN_new()</code> instead.</p>
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<h1><a name="copyright">COPYRIGHT</a></h1>
<p>Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.</p>
<p>Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<a href="https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html">https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html</a>.</p>
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