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The Mathematics of Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Season 2
Episode 6
Symmetric keys are essential to encrypting messages. How can two people share the same key without someone else getting a hold of it? Upfront asymmetric encryption is one way, but another is Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
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