Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-15 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Matt Caswell wrote: > On 15 May 2014 10:39, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tom stone wrote: >>> >>> Am I missing something or is there a bug in the openssl gcm implementation? >> >> If its any consolation, your question triggered a doc

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-15 Thread Matt Caswell
On 15 May 2014 10:39, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tom stone wrote: >> >> Am I missing something or is there a bug in the openssl gcm implementation? > > If its any consolation, your question triggered a documentation patch. > Matt Caswell recently committed it. "Add

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-15 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tom stone wrote: > Using openssl-1.0.1g command line for simple file encryption/decryption, > when I issue the commands > > openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -k secret -in file.txt -out file.ssl > openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -k secret -in file.ssl > > The contents of file.

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-13 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Tue, May 13, 2014, Tom stone wrote: > Jeremy, > > Thank you for your quick response. I am definitely interested in > additional details. If you know who I should contact that would be great. > Do you know whether this only effects simple file encryption or is it > general to the gcm mode, ie

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-13 Thread Jeremy Gray
Hopefully someone else on the list can speak to your further questions…. --Jeremy On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Tom stone wrote: > Jeremy, > > Thank you for your quick response. I am definitely interested in > additional details. If you know who I should contact that would be great. > Do

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-13 Thread Tom stone
Jeremy, Thank you for your quick response. I am definitely interested in additional details. If you know who I should contact that would be great. Do you know whether this only effects simple file encryption or is it general to the gcm mode, ie. would it effect tcp/ip traffic? Thanks On Tue,

Re: v1.0.1g command line gcm error

2014-05-13 Thread Jeremy Gray
I had exactly this issue a few days ago. Turns out that there's a bug in setting up the GCM cipher, so the enc part is not working correctly for GCM. More than that, someone else will have to elaborate if you are interested. --Jeremy On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tom stone wrote: > Using