The Saga of Whitfield Diffie
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
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#212 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Bailey Whitfield 'Whit' Diffie ForMemRS (born June 5, 1944) is an American cryptographer and mathematician and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography along with Martin Hellman and Ralph Merkle.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
Diffie and Hellman's 1976 paper New Directions in Cryptography introduced a radically new method of distributing cryptographic keys, that helped solve key distribution—a fundamental problem in cryptography.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
Diffie and Hellman's 1976 paper New Directions in Cryptography introduced a radically new method of distributing cryptographic keys, that helped solve key distribution—a fundamental problem in cryptography.
