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= Diffie Hellman =
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Diffie Helman is a secret sharing algorithm where a shared secret can be
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created between two parties via an unsecure channel.
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* Diffie hellman is not for encryption
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* used to generate private key
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== algorithm ==
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1) For some prime `q`
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2) Select some `alpha` such that `alpha < q` and `alpha` is a [[../math/primative_root]] of
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`q`
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