A Web Map to Documents about PEKE (Probabilistic Encryption Key Exchange)

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PEKE (Probabilistic Encryption Key Exchange) is a cryptographic method for the establishment of a secret key. You will find below the relevant pointers to on-line resource on this topic.

The recommended reading is

PEKE, Probabilistic Encryption Key Exchange, 10 Years Later, Including the PEKEv1.25 Specifications (a .pdf document)

Other links below are more or less obsolete.

Introductory reading.

For an overview, see this descriptive on-line document (includes 26 references):

http://www.connotech.com/pekedesc.htm

Intermediate reading.

There is a scientific article describing PEKE. The complete reference is Moreau, Thierry, Probabilistic Encryption Key Exchange, Electronics Letters, Vol. 31, number 25, 7th December 1995, pp 2166-2168. The on-line copy is

http://www.connotech.com/pekeelec.htm

There is a sample C program (it's a toy example, not including the required large integer arithmetic package).

There is a Canadian patent application, the reference being

Canadian patent application number 2,156,780, Moreau, Thierry, Apparatus and Method for Cryptographic System Users to Obtain a Jointly Determined, Secret, Shared, and Unique Bit String, filed on August 23, 1995, laid-open to the public on September 23, 1995, CONNOTECH Experts-conseils Inc., Montréal, Canada. The on-line copy of the patent application is http://www.connotech.com/pekepata.htm .

Advanced reading.

For the intricacies of information security, see this on-line document on PEKE threat analysis.

http://www.connotech.com/pekethrt.htm

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