Diffie-Hellman key exchange

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This is a Python-only version of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange library.

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Features

• Implements Diffie-Hellman key exchange
• Pretty fast
• Adjustable key size
• Includes primes for groups 5 and 14-18
• Currently works only with Python 3 (requires ssl). An OpenSSL compatible version is in the works.

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Usage

from moat.lib.diffiehellman import DiffieHellman

alice = DiffieHellman()
bob = DiffieHellman()

alice.generate_public_key()    # automatically generates private key
bob.generate_public_key()

alice.generate_shared_secret(bob.public_key, echo_return_key=True)
bob.generate_shared_secret(alice.public_key, echo_return_key=True)

Code of Misconduct

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