Adding Random bytes in DES & Triple-DES?

Hey, If I don't feed some random bytes (as data to encrypt - not as IV) to the Triple-DES, is that a weakness? I think I should add at least 1 block size of random bytes (64 bit - 8 bytes), to make sure that one-repeated character padding will not be added in the first block. Thanks, Joe ___

[openssl.org #1278] Bug Report: gmake test fails for OpenSSL 0.9.7j-fips-dev

Hello All, OpenSSL version : OpenSSL 0.9.7j-fips-dev Platform : HPUX I built OpenSSL by enabling the fips option and did a gmake test. The following test cases fail 1. trsa = # sh ./trsa rsa testing rsa conversions p -> d writing RSA key p -> p writing RSA key d