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Re: pgcrypto 3des failure, OpenSSL 0.9.8, Solaris 9/sparc


  • From: Marko Kreen <marko(at)l-t(dot)ee>
  • To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
  • Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: pgcrypto 3des failure, OpenSSL 0.9.8, Solaris 9/sparc
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 19:21:17 +0300
  • Message-id: <20050705162117.GA27274@l-t.ee> <text/plain>

On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 08:40:08AM -0600, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On my Solaris 9/sparc box with OpenSSL 0.9.8-beta6, the pgcrypto
> regression tests fail the 3des test.  I haven't checked against
> older versions of OpenSSL; I'll do so when I get a chance.
> 
> I haven't dug into the pgcrypto code yet -- is it doing anything
> that might be platform-specific?  Or is this more likely a problem
> with OpenSSL?

It is a bug in pgcrypto.  I can only excuse it with my strong antipathy
towards 3des.

Could you test it with newer OpenSSL?

-- 
marko


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