On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:34:21AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> It checks to see if all the characters are printable with isprint() and
> if they are it prints the string in ASCII, otherwise it prints it out in
> hex. I implemented this feature because it pretty much does what the
> user would expect, but it's pretty stupid because it encourages people
> to use ASCII keys.
Thanks for the answers, and the advice.
My only comment WRT hex keys: there's a greater chance of transcription
error, which can be a hassle in provisioning. But I certianly
agree with you WRT the keyspace issues...
> -- Brooks
>
> --
> Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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