Good paper on Diffie-Hellman key exchanges: http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/encryption/diffie.htm
Info on IKE: http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/encryption/ipsecs_role.htm http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2409.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "simon chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Byron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Trevor Osatchuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Firewalls-Owner (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: Re: sonicwall pro shared secrets > Hi all, > > We've seen this Diffie-Hellman Group 1, 2, 3. > What is inside this group and the difference. > Is it a difference combination of encryption and > authentication ? > > Also, what's the difference between the different modes , > aggresive, quick and main ? > > Rgds, > > Simon > > > On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:33:04 -0800 > "Byron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of > > CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > SonicWall supports IKE key exchanges via Diffie-Hellman > > group 1, quick, main > > and aggressive modes. The shared secret is used to > > encrypt the symmetric > > key for secure transmission. This symmetric key is then > > used to encrypt the > > traffic to be exchanged. > > > > > > > > cheers-byron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Trevor Osatchuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Firewalls-Owner (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:45 AM > > Subject: sonicwall pro shared secrets > > > > > > > I have been doing a little research on Diffie-Hellman > > and I wanted to know > > > what the shared secret used for vpn's in the Sonicwall > > Pro does. Does it > > > have anything to do with IKE? Is it a proprietary > > device? > > > > > > Trevor Osatchuk > > > Process Solutions Canada Ltd. > > > Support and Integration Analyst > > > (780) 452-2227 Ext. 286 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite > > a man. > > > - J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of Albert > > Einstein > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Firewalls mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Firewalls mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > > "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you > have forgotten your > aim." > -George Santayana, Philosopher _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
