Glossary: Cryptography and PKI
Discrete logarithm problem
Also written: discrete logarithm
The hard problem of recovering the secret exponent from a value like g^a mod p. Its difficulty with large numbers is what keeps Diffie-Hellman safe.
Glossary: Cryptography and PKI
Also written: discrete logarithm
The hard problem of recovering the secret exponent from a value like g^a mod p. Its difficulty with large numbers is what keeps Diffie-Hellman safe.