On Wed, Jun 07, 2006, Marek Marcola wrote: > Help, > > > The Openssl.org documentation states that ???all block ciphers normally > > use PKCS#5 padding???. > This must be some mistake, PKCS#5 is for Password Base key Derivation > Functions (PBKDF) - not for padding. >
It has several names: it is mentioned in PKCS#5 v1.5 section 6.2. I can't immediately recall where it was called "PKCS#5 padding". PKCS#11 calls it "PKCS padding" it is also sometimes called "PKCS#7 padding" or "standard block padding". Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
