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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 November 2012						 WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)
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