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Developed the public-key and digital-signature framework and described a shared-key exchange using modular exponentiation in a finite field.
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The paper distinguishes key distribution from public-key encryption and acknowledges Merkle’s independent work. It does not prove a converse equivalence between discrete-log hardness and exchange security. This historical record is not deployment guidance.
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Whitfield Diffie; Martin E. Hellman
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Diffie and Hellman: public-key cryptography and key exchange
Developed the public-key and digital-signature framework and described a shared-key exchange using modular exponentiation in a finite field.
Scientific scope
The paper distinguishes key distribution from public-key encryption and acknowledges Merkle’s independent work. It does not prove a converse equivalence between discrete-log hardness and exchange security. This historical record is not deployment guidance.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Whitfield Diffie; Martin E. Hellman
Listed source contributors; individual labor shares are not measured