In this interview we check in with a bit of a legend, Whitfield Diffie. He's universally credited as one of the creators of public key infrastructure, and he was the opening keynote speaker at the AusCERT conference.


I grabbed Whit for an interview in the hotel lobby bar and started off by asking him if he's disappointed that PKI hasn't been universally adopted yet.

In this interview we check in with a bit of a legend, Whitfield Diffie. He's universally credited as one of the creators of public key infrastructure, and he was the opening keynote speaker at the AusCERT conference. I grabbed Whit for an interview in the hotel lobby bar and started off by asking him if he's disappointed that PKI hasn't been universally adopted yet.

In this interview we check in with a bit of a legend, Whitfield Diffie. He's universally credited as one of the creators of public key infrastructure, and he was the opening keynote speaker at the AusCERT conference.


I grabbed Whit for an interview in the hotel lobby bar and started off by asking him if he's disappointed that PKI hasn't been universally adopted yet.

RB2: AusCERT interview: E-mail crypto a "pain in the ass" says PKI inventor

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