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A comment on New Directions in Cryptography by Diffie and Hellman (1976) [pdf].

Re:New Directions in Cryptography by Diffie and Hellman (197... by excitom on Thursday July 07, 2016 @10:18PM (#12053247)
> We stand today on the brink of a revolution in cryptography.

Wow, to be able to make that the lead sentence and it turns out not to be hyperbole!

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Re:New Directions in Cryptography by Diffie and Hellman (197... by wyldfire on Thursday July 07, 2016 @10:55PM (#12053355)
In some ways, it's an understatement. It's revolutionary, period -- not just for cryptography.
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Re:New Directions in Cryptography by Diffie and Hellman (197... by ddebernardy on Friday July 08, 2016 @02:46AM (#12053935)
Until then you had to exchange keys ahead of time with known parties. With public/private keys, you became able to do so in real time with arbitrary third parties. I'd gather they knew full well it wouldn't hyperbole.
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