Re: [RadiusNT] Shared secret length
Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:36:04 -0700
Jose Ignacio Cabañas wrote:
>
> "Dale E. Reed Jr." escribió:
>
> > Jose Ignacio Cabañas wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everybody:
> > >
> > > I have a question related to the lenght of the client´s shared secret:
> > > I have not found in the user´s guide any information about the
> > > restrictions in the "clients" file:
> > >
> > > - What is the max number of characters allowed in the secret key (if
> > > there is some limit)?
> >
> > 16 characters
> >
>
> Well, I am afraid you mean 15 characters plus the final NULL of the string,
> because I can not authenticate with a secret 16 characters long (like
> 1234567812345678) Am I right?
The NULL should not matter, as the string is truncated at 16
characters. There
does seem to be an issue between Radlogin/RadiusNT for a 16 character
secret,
so I would stick with 15 or less for now.
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