Raaz.Core.DH

This module provides an abstract interface for Diffie Hellman Key Exchange.

Documentation

class DH d where

The DH (Diffie-Hellman) typeclass provides an interface for key exchanges. Secret represents the secret generated by each party & known only to itself. PublicToken represents the token generated from the Secret which is sent to the other party. SharedSecret represents the common secret generated by both parties from the respective public tokens. publicToken takes the generator of the group and a secret and generates the public token. sharedSecret takes the generator of the group, secret of one party and public token of the other party and generates the shared secret.

Minimal complete definition

publicToken, sharedSecret

Associated Types

type Secret d :: *

type PublicToken d :: *

type SharedSecret d :: *

Methods

publicToken :: d -> Secret d -> PublicToken d

sharedSecret :: d -> Secret d -> PublicToken d -> SharedSecret d