The algorithm they presented in 1976, known as Diffie-Hellman, introduced the general notion of what is now called asymmetric encryption, or public-key cryptography.

The RSA algorithm, along with Diffie-Hellman, stars in one of the more fascinating chapters of technology’s impact on society. Previously, secure communications was the exclusive domain of ...

Programmers Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman, who developed the first form of cryptography for the internet era, have been awarded this year’s Turing Award. Named after famed British ...

ECDHE stands for Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman Ephemeral, and it is a key exchange mechanism based on elliptic curves. This algorithm is used by websites to provide perfect forward secrecy in SSL.