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wpa_passphrase

Generate a WPA-PSK key from an ASCII passphrase for a given 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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