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)  2003-2016,  Jouni  Malinen  <j@w1.fi>  and  contributors.  All Rights
       Reserved.

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

                                                 05 August 2024                                WPA_PASSPHRASE(8)