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    Martin Edward Hellman (born October 2, 1945) is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in...
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    protocols as conceived by Ralph Merkle and named after Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman. DH is one of the earliest practical examples of public key exchange...
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    introduced by Roland Silver, but first published by Stephen Pohlig and Martin Hellman (independent of Silver).[citation needed] As an important special case...
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  • The Diffie–Hellman problem (DHP) is a mathematical problem first proposed by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in the context of cryptography and serves...
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  • cartoonist Martin Hellman (born 1945), American cryptologist Monte Hellman (1932–2021), American film director, producer, writer, and editor Neal Hellman (born...
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  • The Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem was one of the earliest public key cryptosystems. It was published by Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman in 1978....
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    pioneers of public-key cryptography along with Martin Hellman and Ralph Merkle. Diffie and Hellman's 1976 paper New Directions in Cryptography introduced...
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    history interview with Martin Hellman, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Leading cryptography scholar Martin Hellman discusses the circumstances...
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    Computer History Museum Fellow "for his work, with Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman, on public key cryptography." 2011 National Inventors Hall of Fame,...
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  • Philippe Oechslin as an application of an earlier, simpler algorithm by Martin Hellman. For user authentication, passwords are stored either as plaintext or...
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