openssl "hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to length"
Issue
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When encryption with
openssl,hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to lengthwarning displayed. What does it mean?# echo -n 'abcde' | openssl enc -e -aes256 -base64 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 -S 1234 -salt -k VERYLONGPASSWORD hex string is too short, padding with zero bytes to length (omit)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- openssl
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