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.Dd October 16, 2006 .Dt WPA_PASSPHRASE 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wpa_passphrase .Nd "utility for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Aq Ar ssid .Op Ar passphrase .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is a small program for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase and a given SSID. The output is formatted for inclusion in .Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 .
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.Dd October 16, 2006 .Dt WPA_PASSPHRASE 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wpa_passphrase .Nd "utility for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Aq Ar ssid .Op Ar passphrase .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is a small program for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase and a given SSID. The output is formatted for inclusion in .Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 .
p If .Nm is called with only an SSID as argument it will prompt for a passphrase on standard input. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 , .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in .Fx 6.2 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Jouni Malinen .Aq jkmaline@cc.hut.fi .
p This manual page was written by .An Henrik Brix Andersen .Aq henrik@brixandersen.dk .