Who are Alice and Bob? @internet-class
Who are Alice and Bob?  @internet-class
Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Before we start talking about internet security, we need to introduce two very special people: Alice and Bob. We’ll find Alice and Bob forever trying to perform various security-related tasks online, and constantly threatened by mysterious and powerful adversaries.

Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
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Who are Alice and Bob?

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