RFC 4419 on Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol

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        RFC 4419

        Title:      Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the 
                    Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol 
        Author:     M. Friedl,  N. Provos, 
                    W. Simpson
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       March 2006
        Mailbox:    markus%openbsd.org@localhost, 
                    provos%citi.umich.edu@localhost, 
                    wsimpson%greendragon.com@localhost
        Pages:      10
        Characters: 18356
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-05.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4419.txt

This memo describes a new key exchange method for the Secure Shell
(SSH) protocol.  It allows the SSH server to propose new groups on
which to perform the Diffie-Hellman key exchange to the client.  The
proposed groups need not be fixed and can change with time.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Secure Shell
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and 
suggestions for improvements.Please refer to the current edition of the 
Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state 
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