1WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)                                            WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)
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NAME

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

9       wpa_passphrase [ ssid ] [ passphrase ]
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OVERVIEW

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

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

25       wpa_supplicant.conf(5) wpa_supplicant(8)
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LEGAL

28       wpa_supplicant  is  copyright  (c)  2003-2005,  Jouni  Malinen   <jkma‐
29       line@cc.hut.fi> and contributors.  All Rights Reserved.
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31       This  program  is  dual-licensed  under  both the GPL version 2 and BSD
32       license. Either license may be used at your option.
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36                               31 December 2006              WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)