On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:27:23PM +0100, Dave Cridland wrote: > On Thu May 25 14:16:27 2006, Dave Cridland wrote: > >On Thu May 25 14:10:48 2006, Andreas Hasenack wrote: > >>But openssl's base64 can't decode the string, so perhaps there is > >>something > >>wrong: > >>$ echo -n > >>bm9uY2U9IkVZMEI5anR4NlNsc0tQSGhHTGovNmI4WW1qQ3BadDZCL1RGUXAva21kUEU9IixyZWFsbT0icGFuZG9yYS5jb25lY3RpdmEiLHFvcD0iYXV0aCxhdXRoLWludCxhdXRoLWNvbmYiLGNpcGhlcj0icmM0LTQwLHJjNC01NixyYzQsZGVzLDNkZXMiLG1heGJ1Zj00MDk2LGNoYXJzZXQ9dXRmLTgsYWxnb3JpdGhtPW1kNS1zZXNz > >>| openssl base64 -d > >>$ > >> > >> > >Didn't somebody point out a bug with openSSL's base64 decoder a > >while back? This all rings a bell with me. I think it's a > >line-length issue or something. > > > >I'll see if I can track down the mail. > > Ah, not a mail. > > http://lookit.typepad.com/lookit/2006/04/lame_openssl_bu.html > > This looks like your bug. Is sasl using this de/encoder? Or is it just an issue with the command-line openssl tool and it has nothing to do with this thread?