• 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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