Theory and Practice of Cryptography

Google Tech Talks
November, 28 2007

Topics include: Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Using Cryptography in Practice and at Google, Proofs of Security and Security Definitions and A Special Topic in Cryptography

This talk is one in a series hosted by Google University: Wednesdays, 11/28/07 - 12/19/07 from 1-2pm

Speaker: Steve Weis
Steve Weis received his PhD from the Cryptography and Information Security group at MIT, where he was advised by Ron Rivest. He is a member of Google's Applied Security (AppSec) team and is the technical lead for Google's internal cryptographic library, KeyMaster.

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[Steve Weis]

Hi everyone. I am the lecturer in the video. Thanks for watching. I plan to post all the materials from this course on the web when I get a chance. Keep an eye out for a link that I'll post here.

[lithiumdeuteride]

Cryptography.

[centertracker]

cryptography is a very interesting subject and it's amazing what's possible. What about encrypting videos for example :-)

[DJDunsie]

Diffie–Hellman didn't invent it. They re-discovered what Malcolm J. Williamson had already invented.

[SevenPoint83hertz]

you know!!?? ffs

[reecejames3]

I did

[djblackheart1989]

dude did you take massive bong rips before the lecture??

[keithktam]

thanks very much. will be reading those. but just for a head start, would any of those link teach you how cryptology actually works, like how enigma and the soviet Verona with the one time pad? thank you again!!