Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode

2009-07-06 Thread William Cai
nssl-us...@openssl.org] *On Behalf Of *William Cai > *Sent:* Monday, July 06, 2009 3:25 AM > *To:* openssl-users@openssl.org > *Subject:* Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode > > Thanks Michael! Could you please share me some information about

Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode

2009-07-05 Thread William Cai
key exchange mode William Cai wrote: > According to my understanding, Diffie-Hellman algorithm is based on > something like this, > 1. public prime number, p > 2. public base, g > 3. Side A's private key, a > 4. Side A's public key, A = g ^ a mod p > 5. Side B's pr

a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode

2009-07-05 Thread William Cai
Hi list, I get a question regarding Diffie-Hellman key exchange of SSL. Not sure if this is the right place for such question. But this could be an easy one for those who are familiar with SSL protocol. :-) Below is cited from William Stallings' paper. - cited from Interne