'Re: Announce: Network Manager Applet and Dataengine in kdereview'

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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Announce: Network Manager Applet and Dataengine in kdereview
From:       "Christopher Blauvelt" <cblauvelt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-11 17:49:03
Message-ID: ffa898c90805111049i3e22f451v22a4a9c1376430c7 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Robert Knight <robertknight@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Quick query about entering passwords.  Under Windows the user does not
> need to know the type of key they are using.  Presumably it is inferred
> from the length and content of the key.  I don't know how it handles
> ambiguity.
>
> Any objections to doing likewise?
>
> Regards,
> Robert.

I don't see why not.  There really can't be any ambiguity due the length of
the hex key always being twice the length of an equivalent ascii key ie
WEP-64 has 5 chars ascii and 10 chars hex.  I'll try and work it in.
Chris

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On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Robert Knight &lt;<a \
href="mailto:robertknight@gmail.com">robertknight@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid \
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br>
<br>
Quick query about entering passwords. &nbsp;Under Windows the user does not<br>
need to know the type of key they are using. &nbsp;Presumably it is inferred<br>
from the length and content of the key. &nbsp;I don&#39;t know how it handles<br>
ambiguity.<br>
<br>
Any objections to doing likewise?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Robert.</blockquote><div><br>I don&#39;t see why not.&nbsp; There really can&#39;t be \
any ambiguity due the length of the hex key always being twice the length of an \
equivalent ascii key ie WEP-64 has 5 chars ascii and 10 chars hex.&nbsp; I&#39;ll try \
and work it in.<br> Chris<br></div></div>

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