Alex, your are 100% correct. Whitfield & Martin (using modular arithmetic) found a beautiful algorithm in which partners agree in a same key exchanging part of his/her initial secret key. Never the key will be exchanged in the public network. As the key is the same for both partners, it is good for symetric encryption (fast) like DES.
-----Original Message----- From: Alex Lei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: segunda-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2001 16:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Diffle-Hellman Exchange Question [7:27952] Hello Hunt, In my understanding the shared key never go across the network. Each peer computes it out separately. Where did you see in CCO saying that the DES key is sent across the internet? Alex Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=28017&t=27952 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]