07 August 2019 wpa_passphrase 8 wpa_passphrase Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID 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. See Also wpa_supplicant.conf 5 wpa_supplicant 8 Legal wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2022, Jouni Malinen j@w1.fi and contributors. All Rights Reserved. This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with advertisement clause removed).