Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:02:28 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Eitarou Kamo <e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch> Subject: Re: none of wpa_passphrase Message-ID: <46BC9A24.4070500@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <46BC52A6.40005@trio.plala.or.jp> References: <46BAD8F3.1050403@trio.plala.or.jp> <46BBE66E.4040202@trio.plala.or.jp> <46BC4155.20803@gahr.ch> <46BC52A6.40005@trio.plala.or.jp>
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Eitarou Kamo wrote: > Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > >> Eitarou Kamo wrote: >> >> >> >>>> Hi, >>>> I used wpa _supplicant and was aware none of wpa _passphrase. >>>> My machine is 6.2 REREASE. Does anyone have it or way to making it? >>>> >>>> >>>> >> These kind of generic questions are better suited for >> freebsd-questions@, i doubt. >> >> Anyway, from man 8 wpa_passphrase: >> >> The wpa_passphrase utility is a small program for generating a 256-bit >> pre-shared WPA key from an ASCII passphrase and a given SSID. The output >> is formatted for inclusion in wpa_supplicant.conf(5). >> >> Example: >> I have an access point with ssid MySSID and passphrase MyS3cr3t: >> >> >> >> >>> wpa_passphrase MySSID >>> >>> >>> >> # reading passphrase from stdin >> MyS3cr3t >> network={ >> ssid="MySSID" >> #psk="MyS3cr3t" >> psk=c0964594a3000e7605ef17097f7d939a44e516f05b99806fd862db5934c2e4d4 >> } >> >> The output is ready to be included in your wpa_supplicant.conf file >> (better removing the commented line where the password is in clear text). >> nf >> >> >> > My question is not the usage of it but itself.... I can't use > wpa_supplicant because > none of it. Is there it anywhere? Haven't it been dealt with stable yet? > wpa_supplicant includes the functionality of wpa_passphrase. You only want it if you want to precompute the PSK from a passphrase. As to building it you have the code; just setup a Makefile in usr.sbin/wpa. HEAD and RELENG_6 include support so try grabbing it from there. Sam
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