Diffie Hellman key exchange between C# and C++ on Windows

To perform Diffie-Hellman key exchange between C# and C++ on Windows, you can use the built-in cryptographic libraries available in both languages. Here's an example of how you can achieve this:

C# (Sender):

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using System;

using System.Security.Cryptography;



class Program

{

    static void Main()

    {

        using (var dh = new ECDiffieHellmanCng())

        {

            byte[] publicKey = dh.PublicKey.ToByteArray();



            // Send the public key to the C++ receiver



            // Receive the C++ receiver's public key

            byte[] receivedPublicKey = /* Received public key from C++ receiver */;



            CngKey cngKey = CngKey.Import(receivedPublicKey, CngKeyBlobFormat.EccPublicBlob);

            byte[] sharedSecret = dh.DeriveKeyMaterial(cngKey);



            Console.WriteLine("Shared secret: " + Convert.ToBase64String(sharedSecret));

        }

    }

}

C++ (Receiver):

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#include <iostream>

#include <Windows.h>

#include <bcrypt.h>



#pragma comment(lib, "bcrypt.lib")



int main()

{

    // Receive the C# sender's public key

    BYTE receivedPublicKey[64];

    // Fill receivedPublicKey with the received data



    BCRYPT_ALG_HANDLE algorithm;

    BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider(&algorithm, BCRYPT_ECDH_P256_ALGORITHM, NULL, 0);



    BCRYPT_KEY_HANDLE privateKey;

    BCryptGenerateKeyPair(algorithm, &privateKey, 256, 0);



    DWORD publicKeySize;

    BCryptExportKey(privateKey, NULL, BCRYPT_ECCPUBLIC_BLOB, receivedPublicKey, sizeof(receivedPublicKey), &publicKeySize, 0);



    // Send the public key back to the C# sender



    BYTE sharedSecret[256];

    DWORD sharedSecretSize;

    BCryptSecretAgreement(privateKey, receivedPublicKey, publicKeySize, sharedSecret, sizeof(sharedSecret), &sharedSecretSize, 0);



    std::cout << "Shared secret: ";

    for (DWORD i = 0; i < sharedSecretSize; i++)

    {

        printf("%02X", sharedSecret[i]);

    }

    std::cout << std::endl;



    BCryptDestroyKey(privateKey);

    BCryptCloseAlgorithmProvider(algorithm, 0);



    return 0;

}

In this example, C# is acting as the sender, and C++ is acting as the receiver. The C# code generates a Diffie-Hellman key pair using ECDiffieHellmanCng and exports the public key. It sends the public key to the C++ receiver, which imports it using BCryptImportKeyPair. The receiver generates its own private key and exports the public key back to the sender. The sender then imports the received public key and derives the shared secret using DeriveKeyMaterial.

Make sure to link against bcrypt.lib in your C++ project by adding it to the linker's additional dependencies.

Note that this example uses the ECDH_P256 algorithm, which corresponds to the NIST P-256 elliptic curve. You can choose a different algorithm or curve according to your requirements.

Ensure that both C# and C++ projects have the necessary cryptographic libraries imported and referenced.