Subject: Re: IPsec blowfish interop
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From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 09/19/2000 06:37:51
> As I mentioned before, at this moment IPsec blowfish support is rather
> unstable.
> - 1.5 branch has old IPsec ESP engine, and netbsd-current has new IPsec
> ESP engine
> - they emit different ciphertext against the same plaintext, with
> blowfish only (other algorithm has no change)
> - i'm convinced the new code is right, but there are other people
> who tells me the opposite
>
> so for now, please refrain from using blowfish in mission-critical
> application. I hope to sort it out very soon, and repair either 1.5
> or netbsd-current as soon as possible.
it becamse apparent that old code was right. i'll commit a fix to
netbsd-current shortly (netbsd-current has been broken, from
interoperability point of view, since early Sep).
1.5 is okay, will remain okay, and should interop with others okay.
itojun