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25ab1438fbSSimon L. B. Nielsen.Dd July 17, 2007
2652f01b3bSSam Leffler.Dt WPA_PASSPHRASE 8
2752f01b3bSSam Leffler.Os
2852f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh NAME
2952f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm wpa_passphrase
3052f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nd "utility for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase"
3152f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh SYNOPSIS
3252f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm
3352f01b3bSSam Leffler.Aq Ar ssid
3452f01b3bSSam Leffler.Op Ar passphrase
3552f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh DESCRIPTION
3652f01b3bSSam LefflerThe
3752f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm
3852f01b3bSSam Lefflerutility is a small program for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key
3952f01b3bSSam Lefflerfrom an ASCII passphrase and a given SSID. The output is formatted for
4052f01b3bSSam Lefflerinclusion in
4152f01b3bSSam Leffler.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 .
4252f01b3bSSam Leffler.Pp
4352f01b3bSSam LefflerIf
4452f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm
4552f01b3bSSam Leffleris called with only an SSID as argument it will prompt for a
4652f01b3bSSam Lefflerpassphrase on standard input.
4752f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh SEE ALSO
4852f01b3bSSam Leffler.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 ,
4952f01b3bSSam Leffler.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
5052f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh HISTORY
5152f01b3bSSam LefflerThe
5252f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm
5352f01b3bSSam Lefflerutility first appeared in
54ab1438fbSSimon L. B. Nielsen.Fx 6.3 .
5552f01b3bSSam Leffler.Sh AUTHORS
56*01c2b8acSBaptiste Daroussin.An -nosplit
5752f01b3bSSam LefflerThe
5852f01b3bSSam Leffler.Nm
5952f01b3bSSam Lefflerutility was written by
60*01c2b8acSBaptiste Daroussin.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt j@w1.fi .
6152f01b3bSSam Leffler.Pp
6252f01b3bSSam LefflerThis manual page was written by
63*01c2b8acSBaptiste Daroussin.An Henrik Brix Andersen Aq Mt henrik@brixandersen.dk .
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