# wpa_passphrase

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

- 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}}`
