--- a/common/listutil.h	Thu Jul 10 19:10:23 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/listutil.h	Thu Jul 10 19:11:09 2014 +0200
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@
  * */
 char **get_certs_from_list (char *data, const size_t size);
 
+/**
+ *  @brief Read a file into memory.
+ *
+ * The caller needs to free data
+ *
+ * @param[in] fileName Name of the file.
+ * @param[out] data the file content
+ * @param[out] size size in bytes of the file content.
+ * @param[in] max_size the maximum amount of bytes to read.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success an error code otherwise.
+ */
+int read_file(const char *file_name, char **data, size_t *size,
+              const size_t max_size);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif