Meaning Diffie-Hellman
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Diffie-Hellman


A key agreement algorithm published in 1976 by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman. Diffie-Hellman does key establishment, not encryption. However, the key that it produces may be used for encryption, [..]
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Diffie-Hellman


In SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) (https:) secure communications, the two ends must decide on a shared secret key without having arranged one in advance. The original method for doing that was called Diff [..]
Source: mindprod.com

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Diffie-Hellman


A mathematical algorithm that allows two users to exchange a secret key over an insecure medium without any prior secrets. This protocol, named after the inventors who first published it in 1976, is u [..]
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Diffie-Hellman


The original public-key algorithm. Modern cryptography starts in 1976 when Diffie and Hellman published their groundbreaking paper "New Directions in Cryptography". Contrast: Whereas RSA [..]
Source: linuxsecurity.com





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