Hellan,Kim KHE wrote:
> 
> Using WinNT4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5, I tried one of the examples in the docs:
> 
>   openssl des3 -salt -in file.txt -out file.des3
> 
> The password applied was "12345678".
> 
> I then tried to decrypt using:
> 
>   openssl des3 -d -salt -in file.des3 -out file.txt -k 12345678
> 
> ...but I keep getting a "bad magic number" message back.
> 
> What is that ?
> 

Try OpenSSL 0.9.5a.

It doesn't do that with 0.9.5a and Win98 for me.

Steve.
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