Glossary: Cryptography and PKI
Shared secret
Also written: shared secret value
The value both sides of a key exchange end up with without ever sending it, like the 2 in the Diffie-Hellman example. It is then hashed to make the session key.
Glossary: Cryptography and PKI
Also written: shared secret value
The value both sides of a key exchange end up with without ever sending it, like the 2 in the Diffie-Hellman example. It is then hashed to make the session key.