This is more of a Crypt::CBC question... So if you are familiar with it, I would appreciate some help, if you can.

I wrote a script, which encrypts some data before saving it in a database. It is not really important and imperitive that I make it work, but, I would like to know what I'm doing wrong...

Here is the error I'm getting:
Software error:
Cipher stream did not contain IV or salt, and you did not specify thes
+e values in new() at /home/##username##/public_html/vars.cgi line 425

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Here is that subroutine that has that line:
sub decryptData
{
my $ciphertext = shift;
my $key = "Some Key Here, but Not Shown Here for several purposes";
my $cipher = Crypt::CBC->new ($key, "Blowfish"); # This is line 425

    return ($cipher->decrypt_hex ($ciphertext));
}

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Do you see what it is talking about by Salt or IV?

thx for any/all help,
Richard

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