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Martin Hellman

Hellman co-authored New Directions in Cryptography with Whitfield Diffie and contributed to public-key cryptography alongside Diffie and Ralph Merkle.

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Hellman co-authored New Directions in Cryptography with Whitfield Diffie and contributed to public-key cryptography alongside Diffie and Ralph Merkle.

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The work changed how key distribution could be approached over insecure communication channels. Credit belongs to a research context as well as the names attached to a protocol.

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  1. Hellman co-authored New Directions in Cryptography with Whitfield Diffie and contributed to public-key cryptography alongside Diffie and Ralph Merkle.

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    • Martin Hellman — Computer History Museum — Fellow citation and 1976 paper paragraph
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  1. Martin Hellman — Computer History Museum

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