1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/codec/hex/hex.cpp b/src/codec/hex/hex.cpp
index fbacc278b..201c9bfdf 100644
--- a/src/codec/hex/hex.cpp
+++ b/src/codec/hex/hex.cpp
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
 
 namespace Botan {
 
+const u32bit HEX_CODEC_BUFFER_SIZE = 256;
+
 /*
 * Hex_Encoder Constructor
 */
 Hex_Encoder::Hex_Encoder(bool breaks, u32bit length, Case c) :
    casing(c), line_length(breaks ? length : 0)
    {
-   in.create(64);
+   in.create(HEX_CODEC_BUFFER_SIZE);
    out.create(2*in.size());
    counter = position = 0;
    }
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ Hex_Encoder::Hex_Encoder(bool breaks, u32bit length, Case c) :
 */
 Hex_Encoder::Hex_Encoder(Case c) : casing(c), line_length(0)
    {
-   in.create(64);
+   in.create(HEX_CODEC_BUFFER_SIZE);
    out.create(2*in.size());
    counter = position = 0;
    }
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ void Hex_Encoder::end_msg()
 */
 Hex_Decoder::Hex_Decoder(Decoder_Checking c) : checking(c)
    {
-   in.create(64);
+   in.create(HEX_CODEC_BUFFER_SIZE);
    out.create(in.size() / 2);
    position = 0;
    }