diffie-hellman key exchange
Diffie-Hellman key exchange is a method for two parties to securely establish a shared secret key over an insecure communication channel. It relies on the difficulty of calculating discrete logarithms to ensure that an eavesdropper cannot determine the key being exchanged.
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