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Diffie-Hellman Parameter
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768-bit ProFTPD 1.3.2 builtin DH parameter

Summary

Name:
768-bit ProFTPD 1.3.2 builtin DH parameter
Key size:
768 bits
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Key Size
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768

Security

The Diffie-Hellman ephemeral public key parameter[409][410][411] with prime size less or equal than 768-bit[425] is weakened against logjam attack[7][8][9][10], but can only be exploited by an academic team.

Recommendations

Use a well-known Diffie-Hellman ephemeral public key parameter[426][427][428], or generate a custom Diffie-Hellman ephemeral public key parameter[409][410][411] with a size greater or equal than 2048 bits but less or equal than 4096 bits. In the case of custom parameters, validate that the prime is a safe prime[176] to avoid a small subgroup confinement attack[72][73].

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Prime
Name

Safe Prime

Security

Diffie-Hellman ephemeral public key parameter[409][410][411] contains a safe prime[176], so the connection is certainly not vulnerable to a small subgroup confinement attack[72][73].

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Post-Quantum
Name

False

Security

The Diffie-Hellman[99][100][101][102][103] key exchange provides no protection against a cryptanalytic attack by a quantum computer, and no classical Diffie-Hellman does — just as no classical elliptic curve does — because a quantum computer breaks the hardness assumption they rely on. Only a hybrid key exchange (a classical algorithm combined with a post-quantum cryptography[158][159] one) or a pure post-quantum algorithm is quantum-safe.

Recommendations

Enable a hybrid key exchange or a pure post-quantum algorithm on your server, and prefer it where the configuration allows, so the connection stays secure against a future quantum computer.

Parameter Numbers

Prime (p)
0xfce8b1997d2d4d36432dbb8bbed50895df79a18edac1963bfedd3b684cc2ee956808533d2ac58745b62b0222c73fdbd58f3819f89bc8718f9ef1e038e42987989c0da9a311f13c5fde4190b60147b33d1ae1935652273f37dfb0c0beaea9bf63
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Generator (g)
0x2
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Representations

PEM

Default private value length
-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
MGYCYQD86LGZfS1NNkMtu4u+1QiV33mhjtrBljv+3TtoTMLulWgIUz0qxYdFtisC
Isc/29WPOBn4m8hxj57x4DjkKYeYnA2poxHxPF/eQZC2AUezPRrhk1ZSJz8337DA
vq6pv2MCAQI=
-----END DH PARAMETERS-----
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Small private value length
-----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
MGoCYQD86LGZfS1NNkMtu4u+1QiV33mhjtrBljv+3TtoTMLulWgIUz0qxYdFtisC
Isc/29WPOBn4m8hxj57x4DjkKYeYnA2poxHxPF/eQZC2AUezPRrhk1ZSJz8337DA
vq6pv2MCAQICAgDh
-----END DH PARAMETERS-----
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PARI/GP

powermod(x, k, m) = lift(Mod(x, m) ^ k);

g = 0x2;
p = 0xfce8b1997d2d4d36432dbb8bbed50895df79a18edac1963bfedd3b684cc2ee956808533d2ac58745b62b0222c73fdbd58f3819f89bc8718f9ef1e038e42987989c0da9a311f13c5fde4190b60147b33d1ae1935652273f37dfb0c0beaea9bf63;
s = 256;

a = 2 ^ (s - 1) + random(2 ^ (s - 1));
A = powermod(g, a, p);

b = 2 ^ (s - 1) + random(2 ^ (s - 1));
B = powermod(g, b, p);

S = powermod(B, a, p);
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LaTeX

$\begin{eqnarray}
p \equiv 0xfce8b1997d2d4d36432dbb8bbed50895df79a18edac1963bfedd3b684cc2ee956808533d2ac58745b62b0222c73fdbd58f3819f89bc8718f9ef1e038e42987989c0da9a311f13c5fde4190b60147b33d1ae1935652273f37dfb0c0beaea9bf63 \\
g \equiv 0x2 \\
\\
a \in \mathbb{Z}_q \\
b \in \mathbb{Z}_q \\
\\
A \equiv g^a \pmod{p} \\
B \equiv g^b \pmod{p} \\
\\
S \equiv {(g^{a})}^{b}={(g^{b})}^{a}=g^{ab} \pmod{p}
\end{eqnarray}$
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