Disallowed characters in WPA/WEP SSID and Password?

Asked Nov 22 '17 at 18:36

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I'm writing a script that deals with SSIDs and passwords for wifi connections.

I'm keeping SSIDs/Passwords in a textfile and I want to delineate them with something other than a space, since both SSIDs and passwords can contain spaces.

Are there any characters that I can guarantee won't be in an WEP/WPA SSIDs and passwords?

edited Nov 22 '17 at 19:27

Jeff Schaller

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asked Nov 22 '17 at 18:36

Philip Kirkbride

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I'm reading the specification allows for up to 32 8-bit characters of any kind. I guess I will try storing the data as json. – Philip Kirkbride Nov 22 '17 at 19:00
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If the data can contain nulls, then shell builtins may have problems; json is probably a better route – Jeff Schaller Nov 22 '17 at 19:26
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Asked and answered over on SuperUser.stackexchange.com – 0xSheepdog Nov 22 '17 at 19:44
Also, not a UNIX & Linux question at all. – 0xSheepdog Nov 22 '17 at 19:45

Disallowed characters in WPA/WEP SSID and Password?

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