From the Now where did I put that cop with the Trungeon department
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fasterforwa...s_password.htmlRemembrance of Things Password
As I was working on last week's review, I had to test those two HP laptops on an old wireless network at the Post's offices "secured" with a 26-character WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key.
Being 26 characters long, and being stored in hexadecimal notation (the numbers 0 through 9 and the letters A through F), these keys ought to defy any attempt at memorization. (The simpler, human-readable passwords of WPA-encrypted networks -- not to mention their much greater security -- explain why you should upgrade your network from WEP to WPA if you haven't already.)