Learn more about Cryptography

Everyday new information appears online to shed more light on the art and the science of cryptography–”the practice and the study of hiding information” according to Wikipedia. I thought these sites deserved recognition so I have begun to collect the links.

Here, in no particular order, are a sample:

Information Security–Before and AFter Public Key Cryptography

[Recorded Jan 26, 2005] Whitfield Diffie, a key figure in the discovery of public-key cryptography, traces the growth of information …

Theory and Practice of Cryptography
Google Tech Talks
30 Nov 2007

Cryptography – Science or Magic?
57 min – Oct 1, 2001
One of a series of MIT lectures
Examples of the “tricks” that can be performed with modern cryptographic techniques will be presented and each trick explored –lecture actually starts at 6 mins, 50 secs

Intro to Cryptography
posted 27 Mar 2012 by khanacademy
The basic idea behind why we need cryptography

As always I enjoyed watching a video of the RSA Conference 2012
The Cryptographers Panel
51 minutes, posted 28 Feb 2012