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The problem of key distribution has been mentioned many times in this book. For many years it was strongly believed that this problem has no satisfactory solution, but in the 1970s, an ideal, simple solution was found and has since become the foundation upon which much of modern cryptography is based.
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Salomon, D. (2003). Public-Key Cryptography. In: Data Privacy and Security. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21707-9_9
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