# Turing Award Winner: NSA, Public Key Cryptography, Crypto Wars | Martin Hellman

DevFeed: [Turing Award Winner: NSA, Public Key Cryptography, Crypto Wars | Martin Hellman](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/turing-award-winner-nsa-public-key-cryptography-crypto-wars-martin-hellman-18099.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/turing-award-winner-nsa-public-key>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-07-06T13:02:52Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithm.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>)

Tags: [algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithm.md>), [crypto](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crypto.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Martin Hellman, one of the inventors of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm, discusses the early development of cryptography, its relationship with the U.S. National Security Agency, and legal conflicts surrounding cryptographic research.

## Source excerpt

Interviewed Martin Hellman recently who was one of the inventors of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm.