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.TH "WPA_PASSPHRASE" "8" "02 October 2016" "" ""

.SH NAME
wpa_passphrase \- Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBwpa_passphrase\fR [ \fB\fIssid\fB\fR ] [ \fB\fIpassphrase\fB\fR ]

.SH "OVERVIEW"
.PP
\fBwpa_passphrase\fR pre-computes PSK entries for
network configuration blocks of a
\fIwpa_supplicant.conf\fR file. An ASCII passphrase
and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fBssid\fR
The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.
.TP
\fBpassphrase\fR
The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line,
passphrase will be read from standard input.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBwpa_supplicant.conf\fR(5)
\fBwpa_supplicant\fR(8)
.SH "LEGAL"
.PP
wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2016,
Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and
contributors.
All Rights Reserved.
.PP
This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with
advertisement clause removed).