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What is Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Chapter 416
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A method that allows two parties without prior knowledge to jointly establish a shared secret key over an insecure communications channel and so encrypt subsequent communication.
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Authentication
Andrea Atzeni (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy) and Antonio Lioy (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch416
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Chapter 140
Secure Routing Protocols for Wireless Adhoc Networks
A key exchange protocol for establishing secret key.
Published in Chapter: Secure Routing Protocols for Wireless Adhoc Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 11
Key Distribution and Management for Mobile Applications
Diffie-Hellman key exchange is a procedure, which allows negotiating a secure session key between parties, who do not have any former information about each other. The negotiation messages are in band, but because of the non-polynomial (NP) problem used in the procedure, adversaries are not able to compromise it.
Published in Chapter: Key Distribution and Management for Mobile Applications; From: Handbook of Research on Wireless Security
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