What is the Public Key Encryption?

Published: 15 December 2014
on channel: World Science Festival
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A 1976, two Stanford researchers devised an encryption method that revolutionized cryptography by making it easier to send encrypted information without having to agree on a key beforehand. With the help of a short animation, cryptographer Tal Rabin explains how these "public" keys work.

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Original Program Date: June 4, 2011

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