Encryption and public keys | Internet 101 | Computer Science | Khan Academy

Mia Epner, who works on security for a US national intelligence agency, explains how cryptography allows for the secure transfer of data online. This video explains 256-bit encryption, public and private keys, SSL & TLS and HTTPS.

Computer Science on Khan Academy: Learn select topics from computer science - algorithms (how we solve common problems in computer science and measure the efficiency of our solutions), cryptography (how we protect secret information), and information theory (how we encode and compress information).

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[Dunit]

She's a great teacher. It's refreshing to hear someone explain technical things nice and slow. Slowing down gives people time to process the info.

[paul-clel]

her explanation is by far the best I saw on youtube
simple and easy to understand

[moonshine]

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[sphinxz_gaming]

I have an exam for CS External Encryption So I started Studying this! Fully Explained! Thank you for informing us!

[gabby]

This is probably the first time I watched a Khan Academy at home on my free will. Other times was at school. Just because I was curious how encryption works

[rcubed]

Great video, very easy to understand! I loved the mailbox demonstration!

[hamzawaheed]

I just want to THANK YOU for clarifying my thoughts!!!

[fabricionunes]

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[mic]

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[vinaybabupamu]

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[jean-francoisbec]

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[mukundumashankar]

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[bemotivated]

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[prekshajain]

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[shermayapaul]

I am here revising for my IT exam and I just felt a curiousity of how encryption works. She explained this so well and made it easy for me to understand. Thank you. You are very good at your job.

[Krishcorner]

Amazing explanation, so simple and clear

[MrSreenir]

Well explained. The Public Key can be shared after authentication before exchanging messages between computers

[artishzone]

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[bhavyasharma]

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[leerdoor]

Extremely well explained. Good job girl!