"Bill Rugolsky Jr." wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to debug a problem that I'm having sending large attachments > using OpenSSL 0.9.6b S/MIME encryption on Solaris 8, and am wondering > if anyone has seen this problem before or would know where to look > first. > > I wrap an ASCII text file (longest line circa 157 char) in the form > of a MIME attachment, and encrypt using: > > openssl smime -encrypt -rc2-128 cert.pem > > This works fine for an 11 line file (1492 bytes, each line < 160 > chars), but decryption fails for an input file as small as 44K (size > chosen so that it would be under 64K when encrypted and base64 > encoded). Unfortunately I don't have much more information than that; > the recipient (regulatory body) only provides support for Netscape > Communicator 4.7x or IE 5.0, so I can only use their status messages as > an oracle. Submission with Netscape works fine for files up to 1MB. > My next step will likely be a binary search on file size. >
Can OpenSSL decrypt such files OK and do the encrypted and decrypted versions match? What about OpenSSL decrypting Netscape or OE encrypted files? Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior crypto engineer, Gemplus: http://www.gemplus.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: via homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
