On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 05:16:50PM +0200, Simon Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering how Blowfish is implemented in OpenSSL, with regards to
> key size used. What is the default key size used, and how is this
> overridden? For example, if I wanted to use the algorithm with a
> 256-bit length key, would I simply pass in a key of that length? I am
> somewhat concerned that the key length may be internally truncated
> since I cannot seem to find much documentation regarding this.
You have to set the key length explicitly:
http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.html
EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length()
--
Viktor.
______________________________________________________________________
OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org
User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org
Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
