Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Art of the Problem · 547K views · 2012-02-24 · 5:24

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Overview

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.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2012–2016

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zappo2938 · 2016-06 · Recommendation
Diffie-Hellman explained to me like I'm 5 using colors. Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange ( [VIDEO] )
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bradford · 2013-04 · Recommendation
For non-mathematical explanations I liked this video, which uses a paint mixing analogy to explain the one way functions: [VIDEO]
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n3x · 2012-06 · Reference
[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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