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To: Scythian

I have the password to my wifi network set as a 128 digit hexadecimal number - no one’s getting on for free.


45 posted on 11/20/2011 6:23:41 PM PST by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: eclecticEel
I have the password to my wifi network set as a 128 digit hexadecimal number - no one’s getting on for free.

A good way to generate passwords for a wifi network is to use the sha256 hash from an easily reproducable file.

$ echo "this is my pass" > mypass
$ sha256sum mypass
857571d81ecdbb959b686bb167bb2b49ff0aecf0c379d1da84df6b8eac254090  mypass

Or you could just echo a phrase you can remember through sha256sum

echo "this is my password" | sha256sum
90d47cbbb1372717ab2bd56b94389665d58900bee14dc8199ea6a239b24a702b  -

This way you don't have to ever write anything down, yet you have a key you can reproduce at will.

Anyone trying to hack your wifi is going to have to do a brute force attack against the entire address space because your key doesn't decrypt to an actual typable password.

80 posted on 11/20/2011 8:32:37 PM PST by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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