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Diffie-Hellman and rfc 2409



Hi all,

I have this problem:
In RFC 2409 - IKE is:

g^xi , g^xr - are the Diffie-Hellman public values of
the intiator and responder

g^xy - is DH shared secret

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Does it mean that:

Initiator generates random number xi and responeder
generates number xr and g^xy=g^xi*g^xr ?

or does it mean that:

Initiator generates number i , responder r
and g^xi=g^i mod p 
    g^xr=g^r mod p 
    g^xy=  ??


Thanks.

Eva Jencusova


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