Diffie-Hellman (Dh) Key Groups - ZyXEL Communications P-660HN-51 - V1.10 Manual

Chapter 13 IPSec

13.4.9 Diffie-Hellman (DH) Key Groups

Diffie-Hellman (DH) is a public-key cryptography protocol that allows two parties
to establish a shared secret over an unsecured communications channel. Diffie-
Hellman is used within IKE SA setup to establish session keys. 768-bit, 1024-bit
1536-bit, 2048-bit, and 3072-bit Diffie-Hellman groups are supported. Upon
completion of the Diffie-Hellman exchange, the two peers have a shared secret,
but the IKE SA is not authenticated. For authentication, use pre-shared keys.
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