Ok, it looks like these values are computed from the password... Is the algorithm for computing the key and IV from the password published ?
R. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randy Turner Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:40 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Command-line file encryption Using the following command... openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in <plain text file> -out <encrypted file> I can create an AES-encrypted file. Subsequently I can use the -d option to decrypt the same file if I use the same key (when prompted) that I used to encrypt the file. I think the same initialization vector (IV) has to be used to decrypt the file as well. Is the decryption code mentioned above able to find the original IV used to encrypt the file somewhere in the encrypted file itself? How does it know this? Thanks! Randy ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
