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      3 <refentry>
      4   <refentryinfo>
      5     <date>07 August 2019</date>
      6   </refentryinfo>
      7 
      8   <refmeta>
      9     <refentrytitle>wpa_passphrase</refentrytitle>
     10     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     11   </refmeta>
     12   <refnamediv>
     13     <refname>wpa_passphrase</refname>
     14     <refpurpose>Generate a WPA PSK from an ASCII passphrase for a SSID</refpurpose>
     15   </refnamediv>
     16   <refsynopsisdiv>
     17     <cmdsynopsis>
     18       <command>wpa_passphrase</command>
     19       <arg><replaceable>ssid</replaceable></arg>
     20       <arg><replaceable>passphrase</replaceable></arg>
     21     </cmdsynopsis>
     22   </refsynopsisdiv>
     23 
     24   <refsect1>
     25     <title>Overview</title>
     26 
     27     <para><command>wpa_passphrase</command> pre-computes PSK entries for
     28     network configuration blocks of a
     29     <filename>wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file. An ASCII passphrase
     30     and SSID are used to generate a 256-bit PSK.</para>
     31   </refsect1>
     32 
     33   <refsect1>
     34     <title>Options</title>
     35     <variablelist>
     36       <varlistentry>
     37 	<term>ssid</term>
     38 	<listitem>
     39 	  <para>The SSID whose passphrase should be derived.</para>
     40 	</listitem>
     41       </varlistentry>
     42 
     43       <varlistentry>
     44 	<term>passphrase</term>
     45 	<listitem>
     46 	  <para>The passphrase to use. If not included on the command line,
     47 	  passphrase will be read from standard input.</para>
     48 	</listitem>
     49       </varlistentry>
     50     </variablelist>
     51   </refsect1>
     52 
     53   <refsect1>
     54     <title>See Also</title>
     55     <para>
     56       <citerefentry>
     57 	<refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle>
     58 	<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
     59       </citerefentry>
     60       <citerefentry>
     61 	<refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant</refentrytitle>
     62 	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     63       </citerefentry>
     64     </para>
     65 
     66   </refsect1>
     67   <refsect1>
     68     <title>Legal</title>
     69     <para>wpa_supplicant is copyright (c) 2003-2022,
     70     Jouni Malinen <email>j (a] w1.fi</email> and
     71     contributors.
     72     All Rights Reserved.</para>
     73 
     74     <para>This program is licensed under the BSD license (the one with
     75     advertisement clause removed).</para>
     76   </refsect1>
     77 </refentry>
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