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Not only that, but to implement diffie-hellman key agreement correctly you have to authenticate the exchange in some way. This is usually done with cryptograph
by brl 19y ago
Not only that, but to implement diffie-hellman key agreement correctly you have to authenticate the exchange in some way. This is usually done with cryptographic signatures and that means implementing at least one other number theory algorithm with even more slow big integer exponentiation.
- dfranke 19y agoDH without authentication still fends off a large class of attackers. Spoofing IPs is hard. Typing 'tcpdump' is easy.