[pubcookie-users] Re: login server - initial install trouble

[Kevin Bowen]

Hello,
First off, thanks for all the help. 

Maurizio sent me a patch, which I applied and rebuilt, but I still get the same "couldn't parse session key" error from keyclient. Let me make sure I'm understanding the situation correctly: 1) pubcookie currently assumes a 1024 bit key, and that's what's causing this error. 2) The patch that I have also allows for a 512 bit key. 3) Another, as yet unwritten patch will be necessary to get it working with a 2048 bit key, like mine.

Am I correct in these interpretations so far?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Mills [mailto:mills at cc.UManitoba.CA]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:38 PM
To: Nathan Dors
Cc: Kevin Bowen; Pubcookie Users
Subject: Re: [pubcookie-users] Re: login server - initial install
trouble


On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:15:01PM -0800, Nathan Dors wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Kevin Bowen wrote:
> 
> > Was this patch posted to the list, or just submitted to the developers? I
> > can't find it in the archives.
> 
> I can't find the patch either. It was submitted by
> Gary Mills to bugzilla but the attachment isn't there:
> 
> http://los.cac.washington.edu/jss/bugs/pubcookie/show_bug.cgi?id=104

Twice I submitted it now.  Is there some trick to doing this with
bugzilla that I don't know about?  I've attached a number of other
files too.  Did they all disappear?

> > >Someone else should confirm that this might be the
> > >problem.
> >
> > How do you mean exactly? Is there any information from my setup I could give
> > you which would be valuable?
> 
> No. I was just hoping someone else could say "Yes,
> 2,048-bit keys are like 512-bit keys. They'll
> require a change to the current code."

It should be that simple.  The patch defines a list of key lengths.
You would just need to add another item to the list.

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