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.Dd July 17, 2007
.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 .
.Pp
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 6.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt j@w1.fi .
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Henrik Brix Andersen Aq Mt henrik@brixandersen.dk .