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<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
<refentry>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>wpa_passphrase</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>wpa_passphrase</refname>
<refpurpose>Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>wpa_passphrase</command>
<arg><replaceable>ssid</replaceable></arg>
<arg><replaceable>passphrase</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Overview</title>
<para><command>wpa_passphrase</command> pre-computes PSK entries for
network configuration blocks of a
<filename>wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file. An ASCII passphrase
and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>ssid</term>
<listitem>
<para>The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>passphrase</term>
<listitem>
<para>The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line,
passphrase will be read from standard input.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Legal</title>
<para>wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2012,
Jouni Malinen <email>j@w1.fi</email> and
contributors.
All Rights Reserved.</para>
<para>This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with
advertisement clause removed).</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>