On Fri, Nov 28, 2008, Kosta Welke wrote: > Hi! > > from enc.c: > /* Note that str is NULL if a key was passed on the command > * line, so we get no salt in that case. Is this a bug? > */ > > I say yes and have a fix. >
Well I'd say the salt is used to derive the key and iv from the passphrase. If you specify the key and iv explicitly the salt isn't used. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
