Welcome to the official Cryptography site for Duke CompSci 182
Group 5 Section 1. A Typical Conversation on Cryptography Me:
Hey, you like feeling secure with your computer, right?
Friend:...riiiiiiiiiight? (having no idea where I'm going with
this) Me: Would you feel like switching over to a new mail
client and chat client that would promote the confidentiality of
your online communications? Friend: I guess. Would it be easy?
Me: Oh, probably. How would you also feel about needing to find
a public key in order to send an e-mail to some-one new and
posting a public key so people can talk to you? Friend: I would
need to use this public key thing to talk to you? Friend: I'm
not sure if I like talking to you enough to put up with that.
Courtesy of XKCD What Is Cryptography. Cryptography is the
practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the
presence of third parties. More generally, it is about
constructing and analyzing protocols that overcome the influence
of adversaries and which are related