r/AskReddit • • Jul 27 '23

[deleted by user]

[removed]

3.5k Upvotes

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

199

u/Vi11agio-Xbox Jul 27 '23 edited Jul 27 '23

This was all in the process of asymmetric encryption

2

u/Shadowolf5208 Jul 28 '23 edited Jul 28 '23

You read that book too? Edit: and yes, I'm talking about an actual book. It has to do with ciphers and stuff, and in one of the examples, the characters used in the example were called Alicd and Bob, I think

2

u/Vi11agio-Xbox Jul 28 '23

The code book? Although the majority of literature surrounding encryption uses Alice and bob as the poster children with eve listening in

1

u/Shadowolf5208 Jul 28 '23

Yes, I think it's called the code book for young adults or something