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authorLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2001-07-03 10:31:11 +0000
committerLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2001-07-03 10:31:11 +0000
commit43f9391bcc222f0da5c0d9f8e2ab24d921e29971 (patch)
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parentc1c971654b24e5917d908c9819fdb22bf58aebda (diff)
downloadopenssl-43f9391bcc222f0da5c0d9f8e2ab24d921e29971.tar.gz
When only the key is given to "enc", the IV is undefined
(found by Andy Brown <logic@warthog.com>).
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@@ -97,12 +97,18 @@ of hex digits.
=item B<-K key>
the actual key to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only
-of hex digits.
+of hex digits. If only the key is specified, the IV must additionally specified
+using the B<-iv> option. When both a key and a password are specified, the
+key given with the B<-K> option will be used and the IV generated from the
+password will be taken. It probably does not make much sense to specify
+both key and password.
=item B<-iv IV>
the actual IV to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only
-of hex digits.
+of hex digits. When only the key is specified using the B<-K> option, the
+IV must explicitly be defined. When a password is being specified using
+one of the other options, the IV is generated from this password.
=item B<-p>