1 <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> 2 3 <refentry> 4 <refmeta> 5 <refentrytitle>wpa_passphrase</refentrytitle> 6 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 7 </refmeta> 8 <refnamediv> 9 <refname>wpa_passphrase</refname> 10 <refpurpose>Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID</refpurpose> 11 </refnamediv> 12 <refsynopsisdiv> 13 <cmdsynopsis> 14 <command>wpa_passphrase</command> 15 <arg><replaceable>ssid</replaceable></arg> 16 <arg><replaceable>passphrase</replaceable></arg> 17 </cmdsynopsis> 18 </refsynopsisdiv> 19 20 <refsect1> 21 <title>Overview</title> 22 23 <para><command>wpa_passphrase</command> pre-computes PSK entries for 24 network configuration blocks of a 25 <filename>wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file. An ASCII passphrase 26 and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.</para> 27 </refsect1> 28 29 <refsect1> 30 <title>Options</title> 31 <variablelist> 32 <varlistentry> 33 <term>ssid</term> 34 <listitem> 35 <para>The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.</para> 36 </listitem> 37 </varlistentry> 38 39 <varlistentry> 40 <term>passphrase</term> 41 <listitem> 42 <para>The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line, 43 passphrase will be read from standard input.</para> 44 </listitem> 45 </varlistentry> 46 </variablelist> 47 </refsect1> 48 49 <refsect1> 50 <title>See Also</title> 51 <para> 52 <citerefentry> 53 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle> 54 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> 55 </citerefentry> 56 <citerefentry> 57 <refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant</refentrytitle> 58 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 59 </citerefentry> 60 </para> 61 62 </refsect1> 63 <refsect1> 64 <title>Legal</title> 65 <para>wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2007, 66 Jouni Malinen <email>j (a] w1.fi</email> and 67 contributors. 68 All Rights Reserved.</para> 69 70 <para>This program is dual-licensed under both the GPL version 2 71 and BSD license. Either license may be used at your option.</para> 72 </refsect1> 73 </refentry> 74
