
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
About this video
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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Recommended as a simple, non-mathematical way to understand key exchange.
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For non-mathematical explanations I liked this video, which uses a paint mixing analogy to explain the one way functions: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Diffie-Hellman explained to me like I'm 5 using colors. Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange ( [VIDEO] )
Read original comment ↗[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.
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