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= CMAC_CTX_new
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Allocate a new CMAC context (deprecated; prefer EVP_MAC).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/cmac.h>`

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CMAC_CTX_new();
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https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
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== Return Value

New CMAC_CTX, or NULL on allocation failure.


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