Ah I see! Now it makes sense hehe! Thank you,
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Matt Caswell (fr...@baggins.org) < fr...@baggins.org> wrote: > On 15/05/12 20:21, Fábio Resner wrote: > >> I don`t know if this is the correct place to make this conceptual >> question but here it goes: >> >> In DH you must exchange the parameters in order to generate the keys for >> the algorithm to work properly. (Am I wrong?) >> >> But in ECDH (accordingly to the code above) I only needed to exchange the >> public keys without >> exchanging any parameters for key's generation. >> >> Is this particular for ECDH or are the parameter exchange being hidden >> for the library? >> >> >> In the example code you are using a named curve. This is a standardised > curve (along with associated standardised parameters) which is built in to > the library. The fact that both ends of the communication have agreed to > use the same named curve is where your parameter exchange is taking place. > > Matt > > > ______________________________**______________________________**__________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > -- Fabio Resner.
