Yes I used the same generator,'5'. So that means I need to use the same prime too for both the parties
On 4/22/11, Dave Thompson <dthomp...@prinpay.com> wrote: >> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Prashant Batra >> Sent: Thursday, 21 April, 2011 09:16 > >> Hi, I tried the dhtest sample provided in the test folder of > openssl-0.9.8g. >> What it does is- >> Creates 2 DH objects using a single prime and generator value. >> It then calculates the public, private keys pairs using the 2 DH's. >> Then computes the secret for each DH using the public key of >> the other DH. The secrets should match ad it does so. >> It works fine. > >> But now, I modified the test program, so that it calls >> dh_generate_parameters for both the objects,( so that both does not >> using the same prime value), and do the rest of things similarly. > >> But the secrets calculated does not match. Kindly help. > > Of course not. Both parties in a DH exchange MUST use the > same parameters (prime AND generator, but you used 5 for > the generator in both cases). THAT'S HOW DH WORKS. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > -- Prashant Batra Follow the dreams!! ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
