Dr S N Henson wrote:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >   Index: evp.h
> >   ===================================================================
> >   RCS file: /e/openssl/cvs/openssl/crypto/evp/evp.h,v
> >   retrieving revision 1.51
> >   retrieving revision 1.52
> >   diff -u -r1.51 -r1.52
> >   --- evp.h     2000/10/14 20:09:22     1.51
> >   +++ evp.h     2000/11/12 02:13:38     1.52
> >   @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
> >    #define EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE                      (16+20) /* The SSLv3 md5+sha1 type 
>*/
> >    #define EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH           32
> >    #define EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH            16
> >   +#define EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH         32
> >
> >    #define PKCS5_SALT_LEN                       8
> >    /* Default PKCS#5 iteration count */
> >   @@ -396,7 +397,7 @@
> >
> >         unsigned char  oiv[EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH];  /* original iv */
> >         unsigned char  iv[EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH];   /* working iv */
> >   -     unsigned char buf[EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH];   /* saved partial block */
> >   +     unsigned char buf[EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH];/* saved partial block */
> >         int num;                                /* used by cfb/ofb mode */
> >
> >         void *app_data;         /* application stuff */
> >
> 
> Eh? Isn't the IV length the same as the block length?

Nope. Rijndael's biggest IV is 16 bytes, but the biggest block is 32
bytes. I haven't checked why, so if someone wants to enlighten me...

Cheers,

Ben.
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