Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Name: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Uploaded: 2012-02-24T19:44:05Z
Duration: 5 min 24 s
Channel: Art of the Problem
Description: A short Art of the Problem clip explaining Diffie-Hellman key exchange, using a paint mixing analogy for one-way functions and touching on modular arithmetic and discrete logarithms.

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A short Art of the Problem clip explaining Diffie-Hellman key exchange, using a paint mixing analogy for one-way functions and touching on modular arithmetic and discrete logarithms.

Recommended as a simple, non-mathematical way to understand key exchange.

Cryptography #cryptography #keyexchange #one-wayfunctions #publickey #analogy

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@zappo29382016 · in “How to Backdoor Diffie-Hellman”

Diffie-Hellman explained to me like I'm 5 using colors. Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange ( ▶ this video )

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@bradford2013 · in “A non-mathematical explanation of one way functions”

For non-mathematical explanations I liked this video, which uses a paint mixing analogy to explain the one way functions: ▶ this video

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@n3x2012 · in “Ask HN: How do you avoid literally Man-in-the-Middle actack?”

▶ this video can't just proxy it. the attacker can force his own certificate, but as previously said, ssl ev should solve it by making the user aware something is wrong in the address bar.

Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

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