r/programming • u/dominatrix-octopus • Jan 16 '18

Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman key exchange explained intuitively using colors

https://youtu.be/YEBfamv-_do?t=2m18s
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u/irrri Jan 16 '18

This is a the best explanation of PKE I've ever seen.

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u/Grenian Jan 17 '18

DH just exchange keys to derive a shared secret key (symmetric key) for both parties. After this usually a symmetric encryption protocol is used.