[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4697] Bug in 1.1.0 (lost compatibility with previous releases)

[Viktor Dukhovni]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 07:05:06AM +0000, Sergey G Brazhnikov via RT wrote:

> Just figured out that files encrypted with OpenSSL 1.1.0-stable can not be
> decrypted with previous releases and vice versa.
> Tested aes256, cast5-cfb, camellia128 on 1.1.0-stable, 1.0.2-stable and
> 0.9.8(cast5-cfb only)
> 
> All built without errors, passed all tests.
> Configuration VC-WIN32, os Windows 8.1 Pro x64, compiler vs2015.

Especially on Windows systems you have to be mindful of the
character-set encoding of the passphrase.

Try setting OPENSSL_WIN32_UTF8=1 in your environment and see if
that helps.  For interoperable password-based encryption the password
character-set needs to be standard.

-- 
	Viktor.