18.3.1 - Folklore Belief and Key Exchange Protocol
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What is symmetric key encryption?
💡 Hint: Think about the one key function.
What does the Diffie-Hellman protocol achieve?
💡 Hint: Remember the myth it disproved.
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What is the main purpose of symmetric key encryption?
💡 Hint: Think about the one key function.
True or False: The Diffie-Hellman key exchange allows for easy extraction of the shared key by an eavesdropper.
💡 Hint: Consider how easy it is to compute the key.
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Given the base of a cyclic group and a prime number, describe how Sita and Ram can independently create their keys without revealing them.
💡 Hint: Think about the steps they need to take before sharing.
Discuss how the discrete logarithm's difficulty ensures the security of the Diffie-Hellman protocol.
💡 Hint: Recall how this protects their secret.
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