Crypto scandal: Alice and Bob are having an affair

I always wondered why Alice and Bob needed all that encryption for their messages. Now I know.



Alice and Bob are the example names regularly used in explanations and discussions of public key cryptography. "Eve, an eavesdropper, is usually a passive attacker. While she can listen in on messages between Alice and Bob, she cannot modify them." These two have been the talk of the geekosphere for quite a while now.

Stumbled on this via tabo @ aureal.