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From: Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:52:17
Message-Id: 20070209114928.0b1cdb94@uberlaptop
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash by "Harald van Dijk"
1 On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:05:52 +0100
2 Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> wrote:
3 > > One issue is that any valid character is allowed in WPAPSK,
4 > > including ;
5 >
6 > Good point, but excluding newline, right? I can't try it, but rt2500's
7 > own settings file format does not allow for newline in WPAPSK.
8
9 No it doesn't, but the actual specification for IEEE 802.11 allows ANY
10 character in SSID and keys - newlines, tabs, ;, etc.
11
12 Just because the rt2500 proprietary config doesn't allow it doesn't
13 mean we shouldn't either.
14
15 Roy
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>