I changed servers, and copied all files over. There was no operating system change, and I make sure all the modules were installed on the new server.

Now on the new server, some clients when they login, get this message: "Argument to -salt must be exactly 8 bytes long"

The strange thing is that not all of them have that problem.

I am using Crypt::CBC, here is my subroutine:

sub decrypt
{
my $ciphertext = shift;
my $key = "somekeyhere";
my $cipher = Crypt::CBC->new( -key    => $key,
                             -cipher => 'Blowfish',
                             -salt => 1
                           );


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

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I would appreciate any help. I have read and re-read the docs, I ahve changed the -salt value from 1 to leaving it blank, but I'm dumbfounded about this. I cannot duplicate it because it does not happen every time, which is soooo strange.

Thank you in advance,
Rick

In reply to decryption problem by Anonymous Monk

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