On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:03:11 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<bp7tl21to1l8jip3q6spl8slhrfnevgglj@4ax.com>:

>On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:21:21 -0500, Robert Coe <bob@1776.COM> wrote:
>
>>BTW, another glitch in that model is that the WPA2 "shared secret" is limited
>>to 20 characters. Didn't someone in this very newsgroup recommend using at
>>least 22? Some APs, I believe, allow 63.
>
>The allowed length can be anything from 8 to 63 ASCII characters. See
>comments in:
>| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

20 characters is sufficient for good security, especially if random
characters are used.

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