HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
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#3A good introduction to HTTPS for beginners, you should write an article just on cryptography and how that can be built.
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#4I like these sorts of articles. Sometimes you just need to understand what's happening without going into the real detail. I've always learned best when there's an ELI5. I used to prefer the for dummies and idiots books for exactly this reason.
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#5There was a video of someone describing cryptography during a lecture with the example of a secret locked by Alice and sent to Bob. Bob has no way of opening Alice’s lock, so they simply add their lock and send it back to Alice. Then Alice removes her lock and sends the secret back to Bob, who now can remove their own lock and access the secret.
What kind of cryptography is that? Does anyone know what lecture that was?
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#6There was a video of someone describing cryptography during a lecture with the example of a secret locked by Alice and sent to Bob. Bob has no way of opening Alice’s lock, so they simply add their lock and send it back to Alice. Then Alice removes her lock and sends the secret back to Bob, who now can remove their own lock and access the secret. What kind of cryptography is that? Does anyone know what lecture that wa…
Public Key cryptography (e.g., PGP, TLS, SSH)
What you described is the goto illustration used for PKI
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#7related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
I'm glad to see that people are willing go even longer distances than me for a practical joke. Unrelated, but this must be the only wikipedia page I know of that contains a joke.
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#8There was a video of someone describing cryptography during a lecture with the example of a secret locked by Alice and sent to Bob. Bob has no way of opening Alice’s lock, so they simply add their lock and send it back to Alice. Then Alice removes her lock and sends the secret back to Bob, who now can remove their own lock and access the secret. What kind of cryptography is that? Does anyone know what lecture that wa…
Public Key cryptography (e.g., PGP, TLS, SSH) What you described is the goto illustration used for PKI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
GP's description looks more like DH Key Exchange.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Pu...
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#9related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
I'm glad to see that people are willing go even longer distances than me for a practical joke. Unrelated, but this must be the only wikipedia page I know of that contains a joke.
You should also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_... as another such Wikipedia page.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for...
Re: HTTPS explained with carrier pigeons (2018)
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Public Key cryptography (e.g., PGP, TLS, SSH) What you described is the goto illustration used for PKI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
GP's description looks more like DH Key Exchange. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Pu...
That exact image is found in the link I shared, with additional detail :)