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Generating a WPA PSK hex key in Ruby
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wpa_passphrase.rb
require 'openssl'
ssid = 'Delorean'
passphrase = 'hoverboardsdonotworkonwater'
puts OpenSSL::PKCS5.pbkdf2_hmac_sha1(passphrase, ssid, 4096, 32).unpack("H*").first
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Thanks to lamernews source, ruby's PKCS5 docs, and wpa_passphrase's source.

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Thanks @ericboehs, this was very handy :)

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