Title
Hellman, Martin interview
Catalog Number
102743050
Type
Document
Description
Stanford professor Martin Hellman describes his early work, with fellow researchers Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle, on public-key cryptography. This work has enabled secure communications over an insecure channel, a key driver of e-commerce and financial transactions on the Internet. Hellman describes his early explorations and influences and concludes with his thoughts on some of the major problems facing the world today.
Date
2011-03-11
Contributor
Hellman, Martin, Interviewee
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Plutte, Jon, Interviewer
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Richardson, David, Cameraperson
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
11 p.
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
Hellman, Martin; Fellow Award Honoree; public-key; Merkle, Ralph; Diffie, Whitfield; National Security Agency (NSA); DES (Digital Encryption Standard); Stanford University; UC Berkeley; RSA; privacy; encryption; communications
Collection Title
Oral history collection