Shared Secret questions.

[Scott Neugroschl]

> Alan DeKok wrote:
> Scott Neugroschl wrote:
> > I'm looking through RFCs 2865 and 5080, and I can’t really find
> anything
> > specific on the format of the shared secret.
> 
>   The standards are silent on a lot of topics.

Bloody pain, isn't it?
> > Must it be pure ASCII, or can it be a hex string?  Is there a maximum
> > length (I found the minimum length recommendation)?
> 
>   There are no format or length limitations on the shared secret.
> 
> > These have to do with the specifics of the client that I'm developing
> > using the FreeRADIUS client lib.
> 
>   It's usually implementation-specific.  ASCII strings are a good
> start.

Thanks for the info, Alan.

ScottN