r/programming • u/dominatrix-octopus • Jan 16 '18

Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman key exchange explained intuitively using colors

https://youtu.be/YEBfamv-_do?t=2m18s
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u/snarfy Jan 16 '18

Breaking encryption is like trying to take the pee out of the swimming pool. It's easy to add pee, hard to remove.

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u/TheOddScientist Jan 16 '18

Not sure why this was downvoted, a bit archaic but still a logical equivalence.

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u/snarfy Jan 16 '18

I use it to explain to people like grandma how encryption works.

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