Hi, I'm not sure but I think salt and IV are two different things.
-re On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Bugcollect.com <cont...@bugcollect.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I need to exchange encrypted content with an existing application on > Windows with an RC4 key that is salted as per > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387782%28v=vs.85%29.aspx(KP_SALT_EX). > Note that this is not a passphrase and salt key derivation, > but a cipher initialized with some a known key and known initialization > vector, similar to a block cipher. > > I think technically RC4 does not have an IV, but what is the equivalent > operation I can perform in openssl to get the cipher in the desired state? > Specifying the salt as the iv param in EVP_EncryptInit does not work. > > TIA, > ~ Remus > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org >
