[GNU Crypto] Re: Bug in BasePad.selfTest()

[Raif S. Naffah]

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hello Barry,

On Mon, 26 May 2003 06:32 am, baz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When using the PadFactory to create a padding scheme, it first
> instantiates a concrete padding class and then calls the selfTest()
> method.
>
> To use the padding scheme a user calls init() with the desired
> blocksize.
>
> However, init() will fail if it has already been called or if the
> object has not been reset since the last call. The init() method
> throws an exception if blockSize is not -1. Unfortunately the
> selfTest() method calls init many times and fails to call reset() at
> the end of it. This means that if a user gets a padding object from
> the factory they will first have to reset it before initialising it.
>
> May I suggest adding a call to reset() at the end of
> BasePad.selfTest()?

are you using the CVS HEAD version?  i remember fixing this.


> Regards,
> barry

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cheers;
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