Authenticated Key Exchange

Authenticated Key Exchange (AKE) or Authenticated Key Agreement is the exchange of session key in a key exchange protocol which also authenticates the identities of parties involved in key exchange.[1]

Transport Layer Security integral to securing HTTP connections is perhaps the most widely deployed AKE protocol.[2]

References

  1. Diffie, W.; van Oorschot, P.; Wiener, M. (June 1992). "Authentication and authenticated key exchanges". Designs, Codes and Cryptography. 2 (2): 107–125. doi:10.1007/BF00124891.
  2. Eric Rescorla (August 2018). "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3". Mozilla. The Internet Engineering Task Force. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.


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