[openssl-users] READ error during tape restore via OpenSSL on AIX

[Viktor Dukhovni]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 12:44:43PM -0500, Salz, Rich wrote:

> They are I/O errors (openssl errstr is your friend here) and probably related to the tape I/O device not being ready, timing out, or something like that.

Tape devices generally require I/O operations to be in multiples
of a tape block.  The output of "openssl enc" is not going to
satisfy that property.  A final filter is required that "pads" the
encrypted output to a multiple of the tape block size, and strips
the padding on input.

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	Viktor.