Thanks again Steve, However the EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH appears to be a length of 32, not 24 that DES3 requires. Therefore when i call EVP_EncryptInit_ex I am only going to send 24 characters of this key, and see what happens then.
It should only be sending 24 characters shouldnt it? Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009, MusicAndy wrote: > >> >> Thanks for your help so far, but still cannot get this working... >> >> Here is my latest code. >> >> I am trying to emulate something that should be simple, which can be >> decrypted using >> openssl des3 -d -nosalt -k "1" -in <source filename> -out <destination >> > filename> >> >> >> >> EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx; >> EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&ctx); >> const EVP_CIPHER* cipher=EVP_des_ede3_cbc(); >> const EVP_MD *dgst=EVP_sha1(); >> >> u_char pass[8]; >> // char salt[8]; >> >> unsigned char key[EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH]; >> unsigned char iv[EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH]; >> >> >> >> // printf("key_len: %d\n", cipher->key_len); >> // printf(" iv_len: %d\n", cipher->iv_len); >> >> strcpy((char*)pass, "1"); >> // strcpy((char*)salt, "ATHENA.MIT.EDUraeburn"); >> >> >> EVP_BytesToKey(cipher,dgst,NULL,pass, 1, 3, key, iv); >> >> unsigned char* desBuf = new unsigned char[numbytes]; >> >> EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&ctx, cipher, NULL,key,iv); >> > > The count parameter must be 1, not 3 for compatibility with the enc > program. > > Also make sure the file is opened in binary mode ("rb"). > > You can use the -P option to "enc" and print out the key, IV in your > programe > to ensure they are identical. > > Steve. > -- > Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. > Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/EVP-errors%21-tp24898590p24901868.html Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org