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Glossary: Cryptography and PKI

Diffie-Hellman

Also written: DH

A key exchange method that lets two sides, like Alex and Bea, compute the same shared secret over an open line without ever sending it. It relies on math that is easy one way and infeasible to reverse.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

Key exchangeDHE / ECDHEShared secretDiscrete logarithm problem