On the 105th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with the legendary Whitfield Diffie, a pioneer of public-key cryptography. Gary and Whitfield discuss the history of public key cryptography, Diffie\u2019s work on the \u201cproof of correctness of programs,\u201d and if backdoors into crypto systems are a bad idea. They close out by discussing art.\n\nWhitfield Diffie\nWhitfield Diffie (Wikipedia)\nNew Directions in Cryptography (1976) [PDF]\n\nThe post The History of Public Key Cryptography with Whitfield Diffie appeared first on Cigital \xbb The Silver Bullet Security Podcast with Gary McGraw.\nThe post The History of Public Key Cryptography with Whitfield Diffie appeared first on Cigital \xbb The Silver Bullet Security Podcast with Gary McGraw.