- markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/03/05 17:17:21
[kex.c kex.h sshconnect2.c sshd.c]
generate a 2*need size (~300 instead of 1024/2048) random private
exponent during the DH key agreement. according to Niels (the great
german advisor) this is safe since /etc/primes contains strong
primes only.
References:
P. C. van Oorschot and M. J. Wiener, On Diffie-Hellman key
agreement with short exponents, In Advances in Cryptology
- EUROCRYPT'96, LNCS 1070, Springer-Verlag, 1996, pp.332-343.