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Advantages of a session key

Asymmetric algorithms (which come into play in public-key cryptosystems) make it possible to eliminate problems related to key sharing via a secure channel. However, they remain much less effective (in terms of calculation time) than symmetric algorithms.

The concept of session keys is a compromise between symmetric and asymmetric encryption that makes it possible to combine the two techniques.

The principle of session keys is simple: it involves randomly generating a reasonably-sized session key and encrypting this key using a public-key encryption algorithm (more precisely, using the recipient's public key).

session key transport

The recipient is capable of decrypting the session key with his private key. The sender and recipient are in possession of a shared key that only they know. They can therefore send each other encrypted documents using a symmetric encryption algorithm.

Diffie-Hellman algorithm

The Diffie-Hellman algorithm (named after its inventors Diffie and Hellman) was developed in 1976 to make it possible to exchange keys via an insecure channel. It is based on the problem of computing discrete logarithms in finite fields.

More information

The Diffie-Hellman algorithm is however sensitive to the "Man in the middle" attack



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