What is Encryption? Codes, Keys, and Hashes
What do you know about cryptography? Have you ever wanted to get a better understanding of some of the maths behind encryption? This week we speak to Ed, a Senior Technologist at PI, about some of the history and basics of encryption.
Video
Post date
25th March 2024
English
Links
Find out more about encryption:
- Computerphile on YouTube is a computer science professor with a range of useful and accessible videos on encryption
- Cloudflare have a helpful learning centre including this article on how encryption works and why cloudflare use Lava lamps to generate keys
- This is a helpful article on Diffie-Hellman including a diagram of the colours demonstration, which Ed discusses during the podcast
- This article is great for learning more about hashing
- And if you're interested here is the wikipedia page on the Skytale sticks Ed talks about
Learn more about PI's work on encryption: