WPA_PASSPHRASE
Section: (8)Updated: 07 September 2010
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NAME
wpa_passphrase - Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSIDSYNOPSIS
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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