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

2009-07-06 Thread PMHager
[mailto:owner-openssl-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 when/how to agree upon p & g? Th

Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode

2009-07-05 Thread William Cai
Thanks Michael! Could you please share me some information about when/how to agree upon p & g? Thanks, William From: Michael Sierchio To: openssl-users@openssl.org Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 11:58:42 PM Subject: Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman

Re: a question about Diffie-Hellman key exchange mode

2009-07-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
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 private key, b > 6. Side B's public key, B = g ^ b mo

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