Mining ' and Minding ' Her Ps and Qs
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 04:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) -- Each time you connect to a secure website (say a bank’s website), you begin by downloading a certificate published by the site, which asserts that its Web address is legitimate. It also contains a public key that your computer can use to establish a secure connection, and this public key, ostensibly, prevents anyone else from spying on your connection.