Listen "Root Causes 270: What Is the Difference Between KEM and PKE?"
Episode Synopsis
One of the little known changes that has come to the world of TLS is that the secret handshake and key exchange updated from Public Key Exchange (PKE) to Key Encapsulation Methods (KEM). In this episode we explain the difference between the two methods and why this change is taking place.
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