The Diffie-Hellman algorithm provides the capability for two communicating parties to agree upon a shared secret between them. Its an agreement scheme because both parties add material used to derive the key (as opposed to transport, where one party selects the key). The shared secret can then be used as the basis for some encryption key to be used for further communication.
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If Alice and Bob wish to communicate with each other, they first agree between them a large prime number p, and a generator (or base) g (where 0 < g < p).
I'm buiding a system using openssl. We're going to use Diffie Hellman to share information between parties. I had been able to create a DH using openssl. Now I want to send the public key to the c. Generating DH parameters. The first task for setting up Diffie-Hellman is to generate a set of DH parameters that consist of two numbers p (a large prime number) and g (the generator value, which is always 2 for OpenSSL). Parameter generation is CPU expensive, and is therefore normally done once in advance. Opensslpkcs12 – Generate OpenSSL PKCS#12 archive The official documentation on the opensslpkcs12 module. Opensslprivatekey – Generate OpenSSL private keys The official documentation on the opensslprivatekey module. Opensslpublickey – Generate an OpenSSL public key from its private key The official documentation on the opensslpublickey module. That's what is done for encryption algorithms such as RSA. But Diffie-Hellman is a key exchange algorithm, not an encryption algorithm. DH isn't for doing asymmetric encryption or signature, it generates a shared secret. The shared secret can be used for encryption, but then it's symmetric encryption (e.g.
Alice chooses a secret integer a (her private key) and then calculates ga mod p (which is her public key).Bob chooses his private key b, and calculates his public key in the same way.
Alice and Bob then send each other their public keys. Alice now knows a and Bob's public key gb mod p. She is not able to calculate the value b from Bob's public key as this is a hard mathematical problem (known as the discrete logarithm problem). She can however calculate (gb)a mod p = gab mod p.
Bob knows b and ga, so he can calculate (ga)b mod p = gab mod p. Therefore both Alice and Bob know a shared secret gab mod p. Eve who was listening in on the communication knows p, g, Alice's public key (ga mod p) and Bob's public key (gb mod p). She is unable to calculate the shared secret from these values.
In static-static mode both Alice and Bob retain their private/public keys over multiple communications. Therefore the resulting shared secret will be the same every time. In ephemeral-static mode one party will generate a new private/public key every time, thus a new shared secret will be generated.
Diffie-Hellman Standards[edit]
https://capowerup139.weebly.com/windows-7-key-generator-no-download.html. There are a number of standards relevant to Diffie-Hellman key agreement. Some of the key ones are:
- PKCS 3 defines the basic algorithm and data formats to be used.
- ANSI X9.42 is a later standard than PKCS 3 and provides further guidance on its use (note OpenSSL does not support ANSI X9.42 in the released versions - support is available in the as yet unreleased 1.0.2 and 1.1.0)
- RFC 2631 summarizes the key points of ANSI X9.42
- RFC 5114 defines 3 standard sets of parameters for use with Diffie-Hellman (OpenSSL will have built-in support for these parameters from OpenSSL 1.0.2 - not yet released)
- NIST SP 800-56A is a NIST publication that provides recommendations on the implementation of X9.42
Diffie-Hellman in SSL/TLS[edit]
There are three versions of Diffie-Hellman used in SSL/TLS.
- Anonymous Diffie-Hellman
- Fixed Diffie-Hellman
- Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman
Anonymous Diffie-Hellman uses Diffie-Hellman, but without authentication. Because the keys used in the exchange are not authenticated, the protocol is susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle attacks. Note: if you use this scheme, a call to SSL_get_peer_certificate will return NULL because you have selected an anonymous protocol. This is the only time SSL_get_peer_certificate is allowed to return NULL under normal circumstances.
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You should not use Anonymous Diffie-Hellman. You can prohibit its use in your code by using '!ADH' in your call to SSL_set_cipher_list.
Fixed Diffie-Hellman embeds the server's public parameter in the certificate, and the CA then signs the certificate. That is, the certificate contains the Diffie-Hellman public-key parameters, and those parameters never change.
Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman uses temporary, public keys. Each instance or run of the protocol uses a different public key. The authenticity of the server's temporary key can be verified by checking the signature on the key. Because the public keys are temporary, a compromise of the server's long term signing key does not jeopardize the privacy of past sessions. This is known as Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).
You should always use Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman because it provides PFS. You can specify ephemeral methods by providing 'kEECDH:kEDH' in your call to SSL_set_cipher_list.
Working with Parameters and Generating Keys[edit]
The first step with the Diffie-Hellman algorithm is to ensure that both parties are using the same set of parameters (i.e. the same values for p and g). Since parameter generation can be an expensive process this is normally done once in advance and then the same set of parameters are used over many key exchanges. A new set of parameters can be generated by OpenSSL, or alternatively there is support for built-in standard sets of parameters.
To generate your own parameters refer to EVP Key and Parameter Generation.
Note: The function
DH_get_2048_256
is scheduled for release in OpenSSL 1.0.2; it is not available in 1.0.1e or earlier.Generating a Shared Secret[edit]
Having obtained a private/public key pair you need to also obtain the public key of the other communicating party. Refer to EVP Key Agreement for information on how to agree a shared secret.
Using the Low Level APIs[edit]
Users of the OpenSSL library are expected to normally use the EVP method for working with Diffie Hellman as described above and on the EVP Key Agreement page. The EVP api is implemented by a lower level Diffie Hellman API. In some circumstances, expert users may need to use the low level api. https://capowerup139.weebly.com/windows-8-pro-product-key-generator-free.html. This is not recommended for most users. However, if you need to use this then an example of use is shown below. The manual page for the low level API is available here: Manual:dh(3)
There are (currently) no DH_ level routines to read and writea public OR private key, but the generic PUBKEY andPrivateKey routines do so as an X.509 SubjectPublickKeyInfo structure (aka SPKI or PKCS#8). This includes the parameters plus the public key (and the private key for the PrivateKey routines) (see Manual:Pem(3)).
There are three possible cases:
- ephemeral parameters: A must send new parameters AND the public key to the peer (B), who needs to send back only their public key (although it may be convenient to embed it in an SPKI structure)
- static but undistributed parameters: effectively the same
- pre-distributed parameters: A only needs to send their public key, but may embed in an SPKI structure; B doesn't need to wait for A to get parameters but may wait anyway, and only needs to send B's public key but may embed it in an SPKI structure.
See also[edit]
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- This module allows one to (re)generate OpenSSL DH-params.
- This module uses file common arguments to specify generated file permissions.
- Please note that the module regenerates existing DH params if they don’t match the module’s options. If you are concerned that this could overwrite your existing DH params, consider using the backup option.
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Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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attributes string | The attributes the resulting file or directory should have. To get supported flags look at the man page for chattr on the target system. This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed by lsattr. The = operator is assumed as default, otherwise + or - operators need to be included in the string. | |
backup added in 2.8 |
| Create a backup file including a timestamp so you can get the original DH params back if you overwrote them with new ones by accident. |
force boolean |
| Should the parameters be regenerated even it it already exists. |
group string | Name of the group that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown. | |
mode string | The permissions the resulting file or directory should have. For those used to /usr/bin/chmod remember that modes are actually octal numbers. You must either add a leading zero so that Ansible's YAML parser knows it is an octal number (like 0644 or 01777 ) or quote it (like '644' or '1777' ) so Ansible receives a string and can do its own conversion from string into number.Giving Ansible a number without following one of these rules will end up with a decimal number which will have unexpected results. As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, u+rwx or u=rw,g=r,o=r ).As of Ansible 2.6, the mode may also be the special string preserve .When set to preserve the file will be given the same permissions as the source file. | |
owner string | Name of the user that should own the file/directory, as would be fed to chown. | |
path path / required | Name of the file in which the generated parameters will be saved. | |
selevel string | Default: | The level part of the SELinux file context. This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the range .When set to _default , it will use the level portion of the policy if available. |
serole string | When set to _default , it will use the role portion of the policy if available. | |
setype string | When set to _default , it will use the type portion of the policy if available. | |
seuser string | By default it uses the system policy, where applicable.When set to _default , it will use the user portion of the policy if available. | |
size integer | Default: | Size (in bits) of the generated DH-params. |
state string |
| Whether the parameters should exist or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated. |
unsafe_writes boolean |
| Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target file. By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent reads from the target files, but sometimes systems are configured or just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted files, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only be written in an unsafe manner. This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating files when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform unsafe writes). IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption. |
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See also
- openssl_certificate – Generate and/or check OpenSSL certificates
- The official documentation on the openssl_certificate module.
- openssl_csr – Generate OpenSSL Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
- The official documentation on the openssl_csr module.
- openssl_pkcs12 – Generate OpenSSL PKCS#12 archive
- The official documentation on the openssl_pkcs12 module.
- openssl_privatekey – Generate OpenSSL private keys
- The official documentation on the openssl_privatekey module.
- openssl_publickey – Generate an OpenSSL public key from its private key
- The official documentation on the openssl_publickey module.
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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Key | Returned | Description |
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backup_file string | changed and if backup is yes | Sample: |
filename | changed or success | Path to the generated Diffie-Hellman parameters. /etc/ssl/dhparams.pem |
size integer | changed or success | Sample: |
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