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Key Ideas: Cryptography and the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
If you use the internet, you rely on mathematical algorithms to securely transmit your private data over public networks. In this episode, Noah describes an encryption scheme he made up in high school, which leads to a discussion about how computers securely exchange encryption keys today. It all ends up with Noah getting Pete to put his money where his math is, by accepting an interesting decoding challenge. • Encrypted passage to decode • Diffie and Hellman’s original paper: New Directions in Cryptography
Released:
Aug 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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