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Re: WEP text-password to hex-key hashing formula

@Andre : look here :

"Products that allow plain language (ASCII) password entry may not force the network administrator to create 5- or 13-character passwords that would result in the required 40 (5*8) and 104 (13*8) bit-length passwords. Instead, they use a "hashing" routine to convert an odd-length password to the correct bit length. The multiplatform issue arises when the hashing results of products from two different manufacturers don't match each other. The resulting "network equivalent passwords," which are always given in hexadecimal format, are different."

@ Freek : if you ever find out how, please let me know.

--Jorge.

El 03/02/2008, a las 0:20, Andre-John Mas escribió:


On 2-Feb-08, at 17:40 , Freek Sanders wrote:

Hi,

I'm working on a project that is to interface with an apple airport.
This involves embedded hardware for which we've written drivers. We
would like to use the apple text-password to connect to the airport.
However, this means converting the text-password to a hex-key.

I am just guessing but I would suspect the hex value is simply the
ascii value of each charcater. So 'Hello' would be:

48656c6c6f

Check out are the ascii man page, which indicates the values for each
character. This might also be useful:

http://www.csgnetwork.com/wepgeneratorcalc.html

Andre
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