American cryptographer who, with Martin Hellman, published the 1976 paper New Directions in Cryptography, introducing public key cryptography and a practical method for two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel. He and Hellman shared the 2015 Turing Award. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Whitfield Diffie co-authored the 1976 paper New Directions in Cryptography with Martin Hellman that introduced the key exchange protocol bearing their names.
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman's 1976 New Directions in Cryptography paper first proposed the concept of a digital signature.
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His interest in cryptography began at age 10 when his father, a professor, brought home the entire crypto shelf of the City College Library in New York.
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Bailey Whitfield Diffie, born June 5, 1944, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Invented: Public Key Cryptography, Public discovery (public-key-cryptography article)
In 1976, an asymmetric key cryptosystem was published by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman who, influenced by Ralph Merkle's work on public key distribution, disclosed a method of public key agreement.
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Diffie and Hellman's groundbreaking 1976 paper, "New Directions in Cryptography," introduced the ideas of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, which are the foundation for most regularly-used security protocols on the internet today.
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Wikidata alias: Bailey Whitfield Diffie
Bailey Whitfield Diffie
Wikidata P166: Paris Kanellakis Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Paris Kanellakis Award.
Wikidata P166: National Inventors Hall of Fame
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Wikidata P166: Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Wikidata P166 (award received): Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
Wikidata P166: National Cyber Security Hall of Fame
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Cyber Security Hall of Fame.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal.
Wikidata P166: Turing Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata P166: Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
Wikidata P166 (award received): Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute.
Wikidata P166: Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class
Wikidata P166 (award received): Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class.
Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award.
Wikidata P166: Marconi Prize
Wikidata P166 (award received): Marconi Prize.
Wikidata P166: IACR Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): IACR Fellow.
Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of ETH Zürich.
Wikidata alias: Whit Diffie
Whit Diffie
Wikidata alias: W.Diffie
W.Diffie
Wikidata alias: Bailey Diffie
Bailey Diffie
Wikidata alias: Bailey Whitfield (Whit) Diffie
Bailey Whitfield (Whit) Diffie
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