On Fri, May 31, 2002, Frank Balluffi wrote: > > I should have added that modifying PEM_ASN1_write_bio to use the PKCS #5-generated >IV, not the salt as the IV, would cause problems reading encrypted files written >prior to this change. So I should have really asked, "Is there any value in complying >with PKCS #5?" > > Frank >
The algorithm used is not comliant with PKCS#5 but we're stuck with it because its what was used since SSLeay. Full PKCS#5 (v1.5 and v2.0) compliant functions are available which use PKCS#8. Steve. -- Dr. Stephen Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org/~steve/ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
