What is end-to-end encryption?
Channel: internet-class
Date: 2016-10-17

Much of the encryption that is performed online is so-called end-to-end encryption. End-to-end encryption means encryption and decryption are performed at the ends of the connection: on the client and server, or on both peers of a peer-to-peer connection. This is in contrast to link-layer encryption, where encryption is potentially performed only on one part of a connection—​such as a wireless link.

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 https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.