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25.Dd July 17, 2007
26.Dt WPA_PASSPHRASE 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm wpa_passphrase
30.Nd "utility for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase"
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm
33.Aq Ar ssid
34.Op Ar passphrase
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38utility is a small program for generating a 256-bit pre-shared WPA key
39from an ASCII passphrase and a given SSID. The output is formatted for
40inclusion in
41.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 .
42.Pp
43If
44.Nm
45is called with only an SSID as argument it will prompt for a
46passphrase on standard input.
47.Sh SEE ALSO
48.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 ,
49.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
50.Sh HISTORY
51The
52.Nm
53utility first appeared in
54.Fx 6.3 .
55.Sh AUTHORS
56.An -nosplit
57The
58.Nm
59utility was written by
60.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt j@w1.fi .
61.Pp
62This manual page was written by
63.An Henrik Brix Andersen Aq Mt henrik@brixandersen.dk .
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