Michael,
Just wanted to let you know that I had NO problems with these modules on our Linux machine.
Regards,
- Otto -
At 11:21 Uhr -0600 on 27.12.1999, Michael Douglass wrote:
>I have a hard time believing that the Crypt::DES perl module in the CPAN
>repository doesn't work under Sparc Solaris. I've tried it on two Sparc
>Solaris boxes and both the encrypt/decrypt functions fail. I then tried
>it on an Intel FreeBSD box and all of the tests passed. I have a feeling
>that this is related to the difference in endianess as I had the same
>problem with Crypt::IDEA (compiled/installed for the heck of it) until I
>got it to understand the endianess of the Sparc was big endian. As soon
>as I got that to work, the tests for Crypt::IDEA worked out fine.
>
>However, I have not been able to, without spending several hours on studying
>the code, been able to find any easy-to-spot places where the code needs
>some help with endianess.
>
>Has anyone addressed this issue? I find it hard to believe that with
>OpenSRS's use of Crypt::DES that this could remain a problem for long.
>Any assistance with this issue will be most appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>--
>Michael Douglass
>Texas Networking, Inc.
>
> Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable for a feature.
> -- from some indian guy
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