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Exploring Diffie-Hellman Encryption

Posted by michael on from the DIY dept.

damaru writes "Linux Journal is running a story on Diffie Hellman encryption, implemented using bc. The article says, 'The GNU bc threaded code compiler, included with most Linux distributions, provides arbitrary precision arithmetic that can handle the large numbers used in modern cryptography.'"

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  1. Diffie-Hellman is NOT an encryption method! by Ashurbanipal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    DH is the secure key transfer mechanism used by SSL and TLS (although TLS can theoretically use other methods, nobody does in practice).

    The Diffie-Hellman Key Transfer Algorithm (which I have printed on a T-shirt in nicely colored blocks) is NOT an encryption method, although it is used during protocol negotiations when preparing for encrypted communication across an untrusted network.