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WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)														 WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)

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. 07 September 2010 WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)

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NAME
wpa_passphrase -- Set WPA passphrase for a SSID SYNOPSIS
wpa_passphrase ssid passphrase DESCRIPTION
The wpa_passphrase utility pre-computes PSK entries for network configuration blocks of a wpa_supplicant.conf(5) file. It prints a single network configuration block to standard output. The following arguments must be specified on the command line: 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. The passphrase must be 8 to 63 characters in length. SEE ALSO
wpa_supplicant.conf(5), ifconfig(8), wpa_cli(8), wpa_supplicant(8) HISTORY
The wpa_passphrase utility first appeared in NetBSD 4.0. AUTHORS
The wpa_passphrase utility was written by Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>. This manual page is derived from the wpa_passphrase.sgml file included in the wpa_supplicant(8) distribution. BSD
September 10, 2008 BSD
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