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# wpa_passphrase

Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID

          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) 2003-2015, Jouni Malinen j@w1.fi and contributors. All Rights Reserved.

This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with advertisement clause removed).