Diffie-Hellman and MITM

[Nymious]

IMHO ... the MQV key exchange is an excelelnt choice. 
It would be commonly used if it were not for the
patents :-(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcel Popescu
[mailto:mdpopescu at subdimension.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:40 AM
> To: cypherpunks at lne.com
> Subject: Diffie-Hellman and MITM
> 
> 
> Is there a defense against MITM for Diffie-Hellman?
Is there another
> protocol with equivalent properties, with such a
defense? (Secure
> communications between two parties, with no shared
secret and 
> no out-of-band
> abilities, on an insecure network.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> 
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