---
name: "genpmk"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cowpatty"
version: "4.8-3+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/genpmk"
---

# genpmk(1)

WPA-PSK precomputation attack

## NAME

genmpk - WPA-PSK precomputation attack

## DESCRIPTION

Precompute hash files to use with cowpatty

## SYNOPSIS

 **genmpk** **-f** *WORDLIST* **-d** *OUTPUT-FILE* **-s** *SSID*

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Dictionary file

- **-d**

  Output hash file

- **-s**

  Network SSID (enclose in quotes if SSID includes spaces)

- **-h**

  Print this help information and exit

- **-v**

  Print verbose information (more **-v** for more verbosity)

- **-V**

  Print program version and exit

## AUTHOR

genmpk was developed Joshua Wright \<jwright@hwillhackforsushi.com\>.

This manual page was written by Samuel Henrique \<samueloph@debian.org\> for the Debian project, it was based on **genmpk -h** output and can be used by other projects as well.

## SEE ALSO

**[cowpatty(1)](/cowpatty/1.md)**\
 **[aircrack-ng(1)](/aircrack-ng/1.md)**\
 **[airodump-ng(1)](/airodump-ng/1.md)**\
 **[airmon-ng(1)](/airmon-ng/1.md)**\
 **[wifite(1)](/wifite/1.md)**