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Q2] Implement the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm for

securely exchanging cryptographic keys between 2 parties.


The Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm allows two parties, often called Party A and
Party B, to securely generate a shared secret over an insecure communication channel.
This shared secret can then be used as a key for symmetric encryption, enabling secure
communication.

Code for Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm:

from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend

from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import dh

# Step 1: Generate DH parameters

parameters = dh.generate_parameters(generator=2, key_size=2048,


backend=default_backend())

# Step 2: Generate private keys for both parties (A and B)

private_key_A = parameters.generate_private_key() private_key_B


=parameters.generate_private_key()

# Step 3: Generate public keys for both parties

public_key_A = private_key_A.public_key() public_key_B = private_key_B.public_key()

# Step 4: Exchange public keys and derive shared secret

shared_secret_A = private_key_A.exchange(public_key_B) shared_secret_B =


private_key_B.exchange(public_key_A)

# Step 5: Verify that both shared secrets are the same

assert shared_secret_A == shared_secret_B

# Step 6: Convert shared secret to a readable hexadecimal format

hex_shared_secret = shared_secret_A.hex()
Output:

Shared Secret (Hex): 0d7635bdba722396b0cc7728201535d0

Key Components:
default_backend() is used to select the default cryptographic backend (a standard
cryptography engine).

dh stands for Diffie-Hellman, and it contains the tools to create keys and parameters for
key exchange.

Generator (g): We set this to 2, which is a standard value used in many Diffie-Hellman
implementations. This value is a small base number used in modular arithmetic.

Key Size (p): The size of the prime number used in the Diffie-Hellman algorithm. We use
2048 bits, which is considered secure.

Private Keys: We generate the private keys for Party A and Party B. These keys are
randomly generated large numbers.

Public Keys: From the private keys, each party calculates a public key. The public key is
derived from the private key and is safe to share with others.

Party A uses its own private key (private_key_A) and Party B’s public key (public_key_B)
to compute shared_secret_A.

Party B uses its own private key (private_key_B) and Party A’s public key (public_key_A)
to compute shared_secret_B.

The assert statement checks that both parties have derived the same shared secret. If
shared_secret_A is not equal to shared_secret_B, an error will be raised.

The shared secret (a long sequence of bytes) is converted to a hexadecimal string.


Hexadecimal is a common way to represent binary data in a readable format, with each
byte represented by two hex characters.

We print the first 32 characters of the hexadecimal representation of the shared secret
for simplicity and readability.

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