wpa_passphrase
Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID
TLDR
Compute and display the WPA-PSK key for a given SSID reading the passphrase from stdin
$ wpa_passphrase [SSID]
Compute and display WPA-PSK key for a given SSID specifying the passphrase as an argument
$ wpa_passphrase [SSID] [passphrase]
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.
LEGAL
wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2019, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors. All Rights Reserved.
This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with advertisement clause removed).
SEE ALSO
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) wpa_supplicant(8)
