
Art of the Problem
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5:24 · 547K views · Feb 24, 2012
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.
Recommended as a simple, non-mathematical way to understand key exchange.
3 comments from Hacker News
For non-mathematical explanations I liked this video, which uses a paint mixing analogy to explain the one way functions: this video
Diffie-Hellman explained to me like I'm 5 using colors. Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange ( this video )
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.