In 1979, Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman authored a practical method of public key exchange, which was known almost immediately as Diffie-Hellman. After thirty years, Diffie Hellman is still used in all the best examples of encryption software due to its speed, accuracy and ability to ensure protection from “Man in the Middle attacks” when used in conjunction with various authentication techniques.

The true beauty of Diffie-Hellman key exchange is in the way that it establishes a quick and secure ‘key’ which can be used for full secrecy due to the fact that the steps required to generate the key no longer exist.
This secure key can then be used in conjunction with single key encryption algorithms such as RSA to transport public key details in order to set up more secure relationships.

The efficiency of Diffie-Hellman is mostly due to the simplicity of the system. It is simple enough to be integrated in almost every main security suite as a basis for key-exchange to try to setup secure asymmetrical cryptography, which is greatly more secure than the likes of RSA.

It is important to understand that Diffie-Hellman is not an encryption algorithm, but a way to generate a completely random key that is unique to the two parties that underwent the key agreement phase. This means that Diffie-Hellman can generate keys for any symmetric encryption algorithm, such as ecliptic curve cryptography, which is currently one of the most efficient private-key algorithms currently available.

Gold Lock Enterprise utilizes Diffie-Hellman and Elliptic Curve cryptography to ensure the security of information that will be transported or shared with others. This means by choosing Gold Lock Enterprise, key management becomes fully automated due to the highly secure transparent negotiation that takes place in the beginning of each call, and in the background during each call.