@@ -698,6 +698,32 @@ module):
698698* ` DH_UNABLE_TO_CHECK_GENERATOR `
699699* ` DH_NOT_SUITABLE_GENERATOR `
700700
701+ ## Class: DiffieHellmanGroup
702+ <!-- YAML
703+ added: v0.7.5
704+ -->
705+
706+ The ` DiffieHellmanGroup ` class takes a well-known modp group as its argument but
707+ otherwise works the same as ` DiffieHellman ` .
708+
709+ ``` js
710+ const name = ' modp1' ;
711+ const dh = crypto .createDiffieHellmanGroup (name);
712+ ```
713+
714+ ` name ` is taken from [ RFC 2412] [ ] (modp1 and 2) and [ RFC 3526] [ ] :
715+ ``` console
716+ $ perl -ne ' print "$1\n" if /"(modp\d+)"/' src/node_crypto_groups.h
717+ modp1 # 768 bits
718+ modp2 # 1024 bits
719+ modp5 # 1536 bits
720+ modp14 # 2048 bits
721+ modp15 # etc.
722+ modp16
723+ modp17
724+ modp18
725+ ```
726+
701727## Class: ECDH
702728<!-- YAML
703729added: v0.11.14
@@ -1733,6 +1759,16 @@ Creates a `DiffieHellman` key exchange object and generates a prime of
17331759` primeLength ` bits using an optional specific numeric ` generator ` .
17341760If ` generator ` is not specified, the value ` 2 ` is used.
17351761
1762+ ### crypto.createDiffieHellmanGroup(name)
1763+ <!-- YAML
1764+ added: v0.9.3
1765+ -->
1766+
1767+ * ` name ` {string}
1768+ * Returns: {DiffieHellman}
1769+
1770+ An alias for [ ` crypto.getDiffieHellman() ` ] [ ]
1771+
17361772### crypto.createECDH(curveName)
17371773<!-- YAML
17381774added: v0.11.14
@@ -3226,6 +3262,7 @@ the `crypto`, `tls`, and `https` modules and are generally specific to OpenSSL.
32263262[ `crypto.createSign()` ] : #crypto_crypto_createsign_algorithm_options
32273263[ `crypto.createVerify()` ] : #crypto_crypto_createverify_algorithm_options
32283264[ `crypto.getCurves()` ] : #crypto_crypto_getcurves
3265+ [ `crypto.getDiffieHellman()` ] : #crypto_crypto_getdiffiehellman_groupname
32293266[ `crypto.getHashes()` ] : #crypto_crypto_gethashes
32303267[ `crypto.privateDecrypt()` ] : #crypto_crypto_privatedecrypt_privatekey_buffer
32313268[ `crypto.privateEncrypt()` ] : #crypto_crypto_privateencrypt_privatekey_buffer
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