From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 12 11: 3:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.numachi.com (numachi.numachi.com [198.175.254.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B423237B401 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:03:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 2560 invoked by uid 3001); 12 Jan 2001 19:03:26 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by numachi.numachi.com with SMTP; 12 Jan 2001 19:03:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 94888 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Jan 2001 19:03:26 -0000 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:03:26 -0500 From: Brian Reichert To: Brooks Davis Cc: Brian Reichert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wicontrol: password <-> hex digits Message-ID: <20010112140326.D93738@numachi.com> References: <20010112125446.C93738@numachi.com> <20010112103421.C20792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010112103421.C20792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:34:21AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:34:21AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > It checks to see if all the characters are printable with isprint() and > if they are it prints the string in ASCII, otherwise it prints it out in > hex. I implemented this feature because it pretty much does what the > user would expect, but it's pretty stupid because it encourages people > to use ASCII keys. Thanks for the answers, and the advice. My only comment WRT hex keys: there's a greater chance of transcription error, which can be a hassle in provisioning. But I certianly agree with you WRT the keyspace issues... > -- Brooks > > -- > Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message