Thanks for the reply. So what you are saying is that if I encrypt a file with a password according to my interpretation of PKCS#5/PBKDF2, then it might not decrypt properly (with the same password) using the command-line openssl function?
R. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marek Marcola Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:53 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: Command-line file encryption Hello, > Ok, it looks like these values are computed from the password... > > Is the algorithm for computing the key and IV from the password > published ? PBKDF2 from PKCS#5 realized by EVP_BytesToKey() in OpenSSL. I don't remember exactly but there was some incompatibility with this standard ... Best regards, -- Marek Marcola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
