On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:58:19 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<gmeul29j9ahj2klic0d8d68qpqtl29p38i@4ax.com>:

>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>
>>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.
>
>Sure, but it doesn't meet the requirements for WPA or WPA2 Wi-Fi
>certification. My guess(tm) is that Linksys ran out of available RAM
>and had to cut corners.

I suspect it's a different issue -- the difference is not enough RAM to
be significant.

>I'm also wondering how it will do WPA-RADIUS,
>where the AP assigns a maximum length encryption key for each session.

That's part of what makes me think it's a different issue, or perhaps
just some sort of misunderstanding.

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