Hellan,Kim KHE wrote:
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> Using WinNT4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5, I tried one of the examples in the docs:
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> openssl des3 -salt -in file.txt -out file.des3
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> The password applied was "12345678".
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> I then tried to decrypt using:
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> openssl des3 -d -salt -in file.des3 -out file.txt -k 12345678
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> ...but I keep getting a "bad magic number" message back.
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> What is that ?
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Try OpenSSL 0.9.5a.
It doesn't do that with 0.9.5a and Win98 for me.
Steve.
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