VIDEO: Crypto Primer, Understanding Cryptography, Certificates, Public/Private Key and Digital Signatures

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I wrote a cryptography post quite some time ago which has proven quite popular. I thought I’d make a cartoon video of it so you could just sit back and enjoy it without having to take an active part in “reading” it…

You can always just go through the previous post in your own time absorbing each of the little details if anything in the video attracts your attention.

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  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2013
    Hi Planky That presentation was excellent, really educational and entertaining. I wish you had the time to cover the material at the end in more depth (once you started talking about SSL sessions it seemed to get faster) but obviously there is so much to cover and only so much time. Thank you very much for the time you put into it, and enjoyed the humour as well.

  • Anonymous
    October 07, 2013
    Hi AccessIT and thank you. I wrote a blog post describing specifically how SSL works. You can get that detail here: blogs.msdn.com/.../crypto-primer-how-does-ssl-work.aspx Planky

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2014
    As an IT security professional, sometimes, not often, I come across an exceptional presentation. This is one of those exception. Well done Planky!

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2014
    Thanks secure4u. Nice to know I'm on target from time-to-time... If this kind of thing interests you - have a look at a project I'm running. The prime Challenge (http://primechallenge.org). Also, the DeepZoom of the world's largest known prime number http://aka.ms/DeepZoomPrime Have fun/

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2014
    I can't see any video.

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2014
    Hi Singh. Try going directly to the channel 9 site with the video. channel9.msdn.com/.../Crypto-Primer-Understanding-Encryption-Certificates-PublicPrivate-Key--Digital-Signatures Planky @plankytronixx

  • Anonymous
    April 07, 2015
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    April 15, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2015
    How is (27/10 + 4) x 3 equal to 50?  (2.7 + 4) x 3 = 6.7 x 3 =  20.1, not 50.  Am I missing something obvious/important?  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2015
    Good point, well put. That post has been up for almost 2 years and you're the first person to notice it. You therefore win a T-Shirt. Email me at splank@microsoft.com with your address and I'll send it over... Take the spirit of what I say in that part of the article, even if the facts are wrong!