BN_new() allocates and initializes a B<BIGNUM> structure.
BN_secure_new() does the same except that the secure heap
-OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3) is used to store the value.
+L<OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3)> is used to store the value.
BN_clear() is used to destroy sensitive data such as keys when they
are no longer needed. It erases the memory used by B<a> and sets it
to the value 0.
+If B<a> is NULL, nothing is done.
BN_free() frees the components of the B<BIGNUM>, and if it was created
by BN_new(), also the structure itself. BN_clear_free() additionally
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<ERR_get_error(3)>
+L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<OPENSSL_secure_malloc(3)>
=head1 HISTORY