From: Rodrigo Dominguez <rorra@...>
Date: 2006-09-25T23:04:05+09:00
Subject: Re: cryptography (RSA)

> Hi,
> 
> i think that you used the openssl-ruby-bindings in a wrong way.
> First, to set the encryption key, you have to use
> des.key = key (not des.encrypt(key)).
> Second, when using a 128-bit Algorithm, your key must be 128-bit.
> Your key is only 8*7=56 bit.
> Third, the encryption algorithms not only need the same key, they also
> need the same iv (initialisation vector) to show the same results.
> In ruby it is
> des.iv = iv.
> I bet google shows enough examples how to use openssl in ruby the right 
> way.
> 
> Regards,
> Roland

thank you very much for the answer, I didn't know about the key length
and the iv vector, I will try again, thank you

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