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+#include <botan/botan.h>
+#include <botan/dh.h>
+#include <botan/pubkey.h>
+using namespace Botan;
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+int main()
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ LibraryInitializer init;
+
+ AutoSeeded_RNG rng;
+
+ // Alice and Bob agree on a DH domain to use
+ DL_Group shared_domain("modp/ietf/2048");
+
+ // Alice creates a DH key
+ DH_PrivateKey private_a(rng, shared_domain);
+
+ // Bob creates a key with a matching group
+ DH_PrivateKey private_b(rng, shared_domain);
+
+ // Alice sends to Bob her public key and a session parameter
+ MemoryVector<byte> public_a = private_a.public_value();
+ const std::string session_param =
+ "Alice and Bob's shared session parameter";
+
+ // Bob sends his public key to Alice
+ MemoryVector<byte> public_b = private_b.public_value();
+
+ // Now Alice performs the key agreement operation
+ PK_Key_Agreement ka_alice(private_a, "KDF2(SHA-256)");
+ SymmetricKey alice_key = ka1.derive_key(32, public_b, session_param);
+
+ // Bob does the same:
+ PK_Key_Agreement ka_bob(private_b, "KDF2(SHA-256)");
+ SymmetricKey bob_key = ka2.derive_key(32, public_a, session_param);
+
+ if(alice_key == bob_key)
+ {
+ std::cout << "The two keys matched, everything worked\n";
+ std::cout << "The shared key was: " << alice_key.as_string() << "\n";
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ std::cout << "The two keys didn't match! Hmmm...\n";
+ std::cout << "Alice's key was: " << alice_key.as_string() << "\n";
+ std::cout << "Bob's key was: " << bob_key.as_string() << "\n";
+ }
+
+ // Now use the shared key for encryption or MACing or whatever
+ }
+ catch(std::exception& e)
+ {
+ std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }