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Date:      Wed, 9 May 2001 13:53:18 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
Cc:        Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: setkey(3) not present in the system
Message-ID:  <20010509135318.B44191@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <20010509114907.A48960@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from rara.rasputin@virgin.net on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:49:07AM %2B0100
References:  <20010509104313.A47276@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105091234310.79177-100000@husten.security.at12.de> <20010509114907.A48960@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:49:07AM +0100, Rasputin wrote:
> * Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> [010509 11:41]:
> > On Wed, 9 May 2001, Rasputin wrote:
> > 
> > > Anybody know where I can get these functions?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING!  setkey(3) not present in the system!
> > > /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING!  des_setkey(3) not present in the system!
> > > /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING!  encrypt(3) not present in the system!
> > > /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING!  des_cipher(3) not present in the system!
> 
> > Just follow your nose, it always knows!  :-)
> > des_setkey(3) manpage mentions -lcipher. Looks like it's in
> 
> If you could see the size of my nose, you'd be even more amazed I missed this..
> Someone else mentioned -lcipher, I'll throw that in and give it a whirl.
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Incidentally, (and OT-ly), this is my favourite error message...
> 
> > /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: this program uses f_prealloc(), which is stupid.

The fact that the message sounds interesting is quite OT; however, the fact
that it states could be quite important - see my other e-mail on the subject.
It seems that the writers of the WAP gateway in question are trying to do
something in a way too smart for their own good..

/me shudders at the memory of the recent -current stdio internals change,
and the horrible fate of programs that assumed too much..

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
This sentence no verb.

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