On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Shrinivasan T <[email protected]>wrote:
> <quote> > A computer scientist has come up with a proposal to replace > cryptography's Alice and Bob with characters from Hindu mythology. > > For decades, techniques to encrypt and decrypt communications have > been explained using two imaginary characters, Alice and Bob, and > potential eavesdropper Eve. Alice sends a message to Bob, and Eve is > always trying to intercept it - the little sneak. Alice and Bob first > came to light in 1978 in a groundbreaking paper [PDF] on the RSA > algorithm for public-key cryptography. > > Dr S. Parthasarathy, a part-time lecturer and full-time employee of > Indian biz Algologic Research & Solutions, suggests a cast change in > the dramatis personae of cryptography with Sita and Rama, two central > characters in the Hindu mythological epic Ramayana. The proposed > sacking-and-hiring also replaces Eve with Ravana the rogue, as the > doctor explains. > > </quote> > > Read more at > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/01/crypto_analogies/ > > http://profpartha.webs.com/publications/alicebob.pdf > > lol :-) -- Regards, Balasubramaniam Natarajan www.etutorshop.com/moodle/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
