hi, i downloaded the existing twofish algorithm from bruce schiener's website but i am having trouble compiling it i.e making it run. can some one plz help me.
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostHis code is a VERY old reference implementation. I was just checking it out on my Linux system, and it requires some work to function in my environment. There are links on Schneier's TwoFish web page to other implementations that may be better to try. There are also open source …
Jump to PostOk. With appropriate compiler platform symbol definition, I got it to run, but it still has an error in that the encrypt/decrypt operation miscompares. IE, the plaintext that is encrypted and then decrypted does not end up the same. I haven't gone further than that, but it could be a …
Jump to Posthow do i get the python modules to run in ms vista environment?
You need to install python, which is freely available on the web, and there may be other dependencies as well. I don't run Vista except on client systems when they haven't yet upgraded to Win7... :-)
Jump to PostTried that. No luck.
Are you running Python 3.x? The code is written for Python 2.6; you need to either downgrade Python, or convert the code with 2to3 tool (a part of Python distribution).
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rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
His code is a VERY old reference implementation. I was just checking it out on my Linux system, and it requires some work to function in my environment. There are links on Schneier's TwoFish web page to other implementations that may be better to try. There are also open source encryption tools that utilize twofish, though the ones I found are either Delphi or C# code bases. Here is a link to one I found on Schneier's twofish page that might work better for you: http://www.schneier.com/code/twofish-cpy.zip
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Ok. With appropriate compiler platform symbol definition, I got it to run, but it still has an error in that the encrypt/decrypt operation miscompares. IE, the plaintext that is encrypted and then decrypted does not end up the same. I haven't gone further than that, but it could be a simple matter of how certain string characters are interpreted in MS operating systems vs. Linux/Unix systems. I don't know for sure at this point. Also, the twofish-cpy.zip file I pointed you to has a couple of python modules that have to run in order to built that version, and it doesn't work on my system. So, at this point I am going to get lunch...
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
how do i get the python modules to run in ms vista environment?
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
how do i get the python modules to run in ms vista environment?
You need to install python, which is freely available on the web, and there may be other dependencies as well. I don't run Vista except on client systems when they haven't yet upgraded to Win7... :-)
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
haha...thanks.. i'll try it out n get back to u..
p.s. i have windows 7 too.. but dnt hv all the drivers...so i keep switchin to vista
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
the twofish-cpy.zip file code requires a "tables.h" to be included. whre do i get that from.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
the twofish-cpy.zip file code requires a "tables.h" to be included. whre do i get that from.
That is generated by the python code. Since I haven't been able to get the python code to work on my RHEL 6 Linux system, I haven't been able to check it out either...
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
i am going to install fedora tomorrow to get this code working.
i mailed the programmer abt this problem.. he suggested
" Running this command should do it.
python makeCtables.py > tables.h "
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Tried that. No luck.
nezachem 616 Practically a Posting Shark
Tried that. No luck.
Are you running Python 3.x? The code is written for Python 2.6; you need to either downgrade Python, or convert the code with 2to3 tool (a part of Python distribution).
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
okay.. i got the python modules to work. atleast i think so.. n the code is able to compile with no errors.. just a few warnings... but its giving me a segmentation fault when i'm running it. plz help me . i really need to get this to work
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
One word - debugger.
swatipoddar 0 Newbie Poster
the code is running successfully now:) thanks anyways!
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