Title: RSA Blinding patch and a recent snapshot.

 Hi,
        I downloaded a snapshot recently, openssl-e-0.9.6-stable-SNAP-20030327.tar.gz,
 and was comparing the files [.crypto.rsa]rsa_eay.c AND [.crypto.rsa]rsa_lib.c.  I noticed
 that in rsa_eay.c that the patch used the "positive" when comparing, RSA_FLAG_BLINDING,
 and the snapshot used the negative, RSA_FLAG_NO_BLINDING.  Here is the macro
 BLINDING_HELPER, and it shows the differences:

From the patch:
#define BLINDING_HELPER(rsa, ctx, err_instr) \
     do { \
             if(((rsa)->flags & RSA_FLAG_BLINDING) && \
                             ((rsa)->blinding == NULL) && \
                             !rsa_eay_blinding(rsa, ctx)) \
                     err_instr \
        } while(0)

From the snapshot:
#define BLINDING_HELPER(rsa, ctx, err_instr) \
        do { \
                if((!((rsa)->flags & RSA_FLAG_NO_BLINDING)) && \
                    ((rsa)->blinding == NULL) && \
                    !rsa_eay_blinding(rsa, ctx)) \
                        err_instr \
        } while(0)


        As for RSA_LIB.C, it looks like only part of the patch has been
 applied to the snapshot.  We call RSA_new_method and it is return is
 placed into r, but then we simply return r.  We do not check if
 OPENSSL_NO_FORCE_RSA_BLINDING is defined not do we set
 r->flags with RSA_FLAG_BLINDING.

        Have I missed something in the mailing lists that would
 explain these differences?

 Thanks,
 Kevin.


Kevin Greaney                      SSL for OpenVMS Team
Hewlett Packard Company     OpenVMS Engineering Group
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