NAME


wpa_passphrase - Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID

SYNOPSIS


wpa_passphrase [ ssid ] [ passphrase ]

OVERVIEW


wpa_passphrase pre-computes PSK entries for network configuration blocks of a wpa_supplicant.conf file. An ASCII passphrase and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.

OPTIONS


ssid The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.
passphrase
 The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line, passphrase will be read from standard input.

SEE ALSO


wpa_supplicant.conf(5) wpa_supplicant(8)

LEGAL


wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2007, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors. All Rights Reserved.

This program is dual-licensed under both the GPL version 2 and BSD license. Either license may be used at your option.

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