On Mon, Jun 20, 2005, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:11:30 +0200, Beat > Jucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > bj> Given attached BASE64 encoded file openssl will write only 5280 > bj> decoded bytes instead of the original 5305 bytes as other tools > bj> like mimencode, base64, Asn1Editor, web online base64 decoder, ... > bj> > bj> openssl base64 -d -in text.pem -out text.der > bj> --> 5280 instead of 5305 bytes!? > > I've played with previous incarnations, and noticed that with the > latest update for 0.9.7-stable, I get 5305 bytes, while I get 5280 > bytes with 0.9.8-stable. I compared crypto/evp/bio_b64.c from both > branches, and there is virtually no difference, so the problem is > somewhere else. > > I noticed something unusual about your file: the lines are 76 > characters, when a PEM file usually (or at least by default when > output by OpenSSL) has 64 character lines... I have no clue how > important that fact is, but I'm going to conduct some tests. >
The only significant change is: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=12988 whether this is the problem or it has just triggered a problem elsewhere I don't know. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
