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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 34 points 7 months ago

Because the names by themselves give you context about who's transmitting to who, who's trying to eavesdrop, and it's become a convention.

The convention isn't necessary, but it makes material easier to understand because of the convention

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 55 points 7 months ago

Alice: Point A
Bob: Point B
Eve: Eavesdropper
Mallory: Malicious Actor

[-] MagosInformaticus@sopuli.xyz 41 points 7 months ago

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

Damn there really is an XKCD for everything

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Then you got guys like Alan Turing who couldn't even talk about how they saved the world eavesdropping

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