Lutz Jaenicke wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:01:02AM -0600, James Yonan wrote: > > The following program succeeds on 0.9.6 but > > fails on 0.9.7. It tests the feature of > > calling EVP_CipherInit once to build > > a key schedule, then cycling through > > calls to EVP_CipherInit, EVP_CipherUpdate, > > and EVP_CipherFinal to encrypt/decrypt > > multiple messages with the same key. > > > > Is this a bug or a design change to > > the EVP layer? > > > > The ability to > > recycle an EVP_CIPHER_CTX is important > > to avoid having to reconstruct a key > > schedule for every message, when > > the key stays the same and only > > the IV changes. > > > > Is there a better way to do this that > > works on both 0.9.6 and 0.9.7? > > The EVP interface has been changed between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 in an > incompatible way. We are aware of problems caused by this change > and there is currently an internal discussion going on how > to handle the situation, including the option to revert to the > old behavior.
In any case, its a bug, IMO. Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
