2 HN users recommended this explainer2 months2012–2016score 2
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Recommended as a simple, non-mathematical way to understand key exchange.
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.
“Diffie-Hellman explained to me like I'm 5 using colors.” (HN, 2016)
[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.
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