2.4.21: pain with "iwconfig wlan0 key[1]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx key [1] key on key restricted"

[Jiri Tesar]

Hello,
there are two ways for write key:
ascii (s:) (13 strings for 128-24 bit key)
hex (13 strings in hexa i.e. 26 [1-9,A-F] strings])

the example here, I suppose is: x replaces some hexa [0-9,A-F]

you can use it like in that example:
hostap_crypt_conf wlan0 -1t ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff WEP s:abcfrtgshjthw
hostap_crypt_conf wlan0 -1t ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff WEP AABBCCDDEEFF1122334455BBCC

JT

> Hello!
>
> [I'm removing all cc: because the developers you e-mailed directly are
> subscribed and will participate if they have time and they find your
> report interesting and worth replying]
>
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, insecure wrote:
>
> > I tried to update my kernel from 2.4.20 to 2.4.21 (I had masquerading
> > problems and netfilter folks asked me to recheck with newer kernel)
> >
> > A couple of things broke, one of them is hostap.
>
> I don't think this upgrade by itself could have broken hostap unless you
> changed the configuration significantly or applied some patches only to
> one of the kernels (e.g.  2.4.20 was actually a kernel heavily patched by
> Red Hat).  The version of wireless extensions changed from 14 to 15, but I
> don't think it would affect you unless you upgraded wireless tools.
>
> It's very unhelpful to replace the WEP key with "x" if the problem is
> likely to be with the key?  Cannot you reproduce the problem with another
> valid key of the same length but different from the actual key used in
> your network?
>
> > iwconfig wlan0 key [1] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx key [1] key on key restricted
>
> Works for me if I replace "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" with
> "cccccccccccccccccccccccccc".  Wireless tools 26.pre10.
>
> > OTOH I did not try latest wireless tools... guess I should. Current version is
>
> Yes.  There have been changes in the key parsing since version 25.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
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