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   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Tomos Davies wrote:   
   > In , Dan Purgert suggested:   
   >   
   >> yeah, like I said, it seem(ed) to just be a psuedo-random number.  Who   
   >> knows how they came up with it, and how large the pool actually is. :)   
   >   
   > A predictable salt is a bad thing, so I just want to reiterate that the   
   > salt for the most common WiFi security "is" the SSID.   
   >   
   > Hence, it's a good idea to do two things:   
   > 1. Use a unique (SSID) salt, and,   
   > 2. Stay out of rainbow tables (with a unique passphrase).   
      
   Again, "default SSID from the manufacturer". It was (IIRC) the first   
   round of actually trying to give people security (after the typical SOHO   
   defaults of "Linksys" and "Password").   
      
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