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.