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Using the wpa_passphrase Command

Generate a WPA-PSK key from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID. More information: <https://manned.org/wpa_passphrase.1>.

  • 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*


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