Re: Dynamic WEP support.

[Robert Love <rml novell com>]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 10:22 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:

> Passphrases can be any length, up to 64 characters.  That includes
> exactly 26 characters, and since the hex key character space is a subset
> of the passphrase character space, there's absolutely no way to
> differentiate between the two automatically.  Maybe we can do some smart
> heuristics, such that if it's exactly 26 characters and all hex, then
> _likely_ it's a hex key, but I think we're more likely to get it wrong
> and confuse users this way, rather than just asking.

Agree with Mr Williams.

I think many users these days, and most users going forward, use
passphrases, so the best bet we can have is default to "passphrase" as
the key type and expect our users to change it if needed.  Otherwise, as
Dan wrote, we are just asking for confusion.

	Robert Love