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Questions about the construction and analysis of protocols and algorithms for secure computation and communication (including authentication, integrity, and privacy aspects).

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What is an extremely basic asymmetric cipher that I can present at the pub?

A common metaphor I hear used is manufacturing a bunch of padlocks, keeping all the keys, and sending out open padlocks to anyone who wants one. Then anyone with such a padlock can send you secret mes …
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