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Nov 29, 2018 · Information Security
How Carrier Pigeons Explain HTTPS: From Caesar Cipher to Public Keys
This article uses the whimsical story of Alice, Bob, and a meddling pigeon to illustrate how HTTPS works, covering symmetric Caesar‑style ciphers, asymmetric public‑key encryption, certificate authorities, and the trade‑offs between security and performance in modern web communication.
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