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Diffie-Hellman Exchange: favorite prog-rock band.

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Happy Diffie-Hellman Day!

On November 1st, 1976, a paper was released to the world titled "New Directions in Cryptography" by Whitfield Diffie & Martin E. Hellman. Marking the first practical protocol for safely exchanging cryptographic keys over a public channel. Initially conceptualized by Ralph Merkle, and then actualized in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange.