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NAME

       DH_generate_key, DH_compute_key - perform Diffie-Hellman key exchange

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/dh.h>

        int DH_generate_key(DH *dh);

        int DH_compute_key(unsigned char *key, BIGNUM *pub_key, DH *dh);

DESCRIPTION

       DH_generate_key() performs the first step of a Diffie-Hellman key exchange by generating
       private and public DH values. By calling DH_compute_key(), these are combined with the
       other party's public value to compute the shared key.

       DH_generate_key() expects dh to contain the shared parameters dh->p and dh->g. It
       generates a random private DH value unless dh->priv_key is already set, and computes the
       corresponding public value dh->pub_key, which can then be published.

       DH_compute_key() computes the shared secret from the private DH value in dh and the other
       party's public value in pub_key and stores it in key. key must point to DH_size(dh) bytes
       of memory.

RETURN VALUES

       DH_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.

       DH_compute_key() returns the size of the shared secret on success, -1 on error.

       The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

SEE ALSO

       DH_new(3), ERR_get_error(3), RAND_bytes(3), DH_size(3)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use this file except in
       compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source
       distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.