Public Key Cryptography Explained πŸ” | Computerphile

Discover how modern encryption secures our communications with Public and Private Keys. Robert Miles breaks down the principles behind this vital technology used in everything from emails to online banking.

Public Key Cryptography Explained πŸ” | Computerphile
Computerphile
952.8K views β€’ Jul 22, 2014
Public Key Cryptography Explained πŸ” | Computerphile

About this video

Spies used to meet in the park to exchange code words, now things have moved on - Robert Miles explains the principle of Public/Private Key Cryptography

note1: Yes, it should have been 'Obi Wan' not 'Obi One' :)
note2: The string of 'garbage' text in the two examples should have been different to illustrate more clearly that there are two different systems in use.

http://www.facebook.com/computerphile
https://twitter.com/computer_phile

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

Tags and Topics

Browse our collection to discover more content in these categories.

Video Information

Views

952.8K

Likes

27.5K

Duration

6:20

Published

Jul 22, 2014

User Reviews

4.8
(190)
Rate:

Related Trending Topics

LIVE TRENDS

Related trending topics. Click any trend to explore more videos.