[moduli.5]
     "Diffie-Hellman" is the usual spelling for the cryptographic protocol
     first published by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in 1976.
     ok jmc@
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[moduli.5]
"Diffie-Hellman" is the usual spelling for the cryptographic protocol
first published by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in 1976.
ok jmc@
20110805 20110805
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.\" $OpenBSD: moduli.5,v 1.13 2008/06/26 06:59:39 jmc Exp $ .\" $OpenBSD: moduli.5,v 1.14 2009/10/28 08:56:54 sobrado Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
.\" .\"
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.Dd $Mdocdate: June 26 2008 $ .Dd $Mdocdate: October 28 2009 $
.Dt MODULI 5 .Dt MODULI 5
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
.Nm moduli .Nm moduli
.Nd Diffie Hellman moduli .Nd Diffie-Hellman moduli
.Sh DESCRIPTION .Sh DESCRIPTION
The The
.Pa /etc/moduli .Pa /etc/moduli
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pass, using pass, using
.Ic ssh-keygen -T , .Ic ssh-keygen -T ,
provides a high degree of assurance that the numbers are prime and are provides a high degree of assurance that the numbers are prime and are
safe for use in Diffie Hellman operations by safe for use in Diffie-Hellman operations by
.Xr sshd 8 . .Xr sshd 8 .
This This
.Nm .Nm
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The modulus itself in hexadecimal. The modulus itself in hexadecimal.
.El .El
.Pp .Pp
When performing Diffie Hellman Group Exchange, When performing Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange,
.Xr sshd 8 .Xr sshd 8
first estimates the size of the modulus required to produce enough first estimates the size of the modulus required to produce enough
Diffie Hellman output to sufficiently key the selected symmetric cipher. Diffie-Hellman output to sufficiently key the selected symmetric cipher.
.Xr sshd 8 .Xr sshd 8
then randomly selects a modulus from then randomly selects a modulus from
.Fa /etc/moduli .Fa /etc/moduli