The Math That Enables Asymmetric Key Cryptography
The Problem Let’s examine how it’s possible for your web browser to establish an encrypted communication channel with your bank’s website. Obviously you don’t want a malicious party to intercept your personal information (such as your password, account number, social security number, etc) as it’s transmitted to and from your web browser and the bank’s web server. When you opened an account the bank did not provide you with a secret decoder ring. So how does your web browser know how to decrypt data transmitted by the bank’s web server? And how does the bank’s web server know how to […]
