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Diffie-Hellman

A method that securely shares cryptographic keys over an unsecured channel.

Security

What Diffie-Hellman means

The Diffie–Hellman key exchange allows two parties to establish a shared secret key over a public network without directly transmitting the key itself. It forms the foundation for many modern encryption systems, including VPNs and HTTPS, by ensuring both ends of a communication can encrypt and decrypt data privately. Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange

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