I didn’t know that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens “was also a cryptographer for the Navy during World War II.” He was a proponent of individual privacy.
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July 19, 2019 courts, cryptography, historyofcryptography, privacy, Security technology, surveillance Read more >
A German auction house is selling an SG-41. It looks beautiful. Starting price is 75,000 euros. My guess is that it will sell for around 100K euros.
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May 23, 2019 cryptography, encryption, germany, historyofcryptography, Security technology Read more >
GCHQ has put simulators for the Enigma, Typex, and Bombe on the Internet.
News article.
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March 22, 2019 cryptanalysis, cryptography, encryption, gchq, historyofcryptography, Security technology Read more >
Lessons learned in reconstructing the World War II-era SIGSALY voice encryption system.
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February 15, 2019 encryption, historyofcryptography, keys, Security technology Read more >
Five years ago, the NSA published 23 years of its internal magazine, Cryptolog. There were lots of redactions, of course.
What’s new is a nice user interface for the issues, noting highlights and levels of redaction.
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December 7, 2018 historyofcryptography, nsa, redaction, Security technology Read more >
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a (working, I think) three-rotor Enigma machine today. They’re expecting it to sell for about $200K.
I have an Enigma, but it’s missing the rotors.
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November 30, 2018 cryptography, enigma, historyofcryptography, Security technology Read more >
April 2, 2018 encryption, historyofcryptography, music, Security technology Read more >
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January 18, 2018 academicpapers, historyofcryptography, Security technology Read more >
Really good article about the women who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, breaking German Enigma-encrypted messages.
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June 29, 2017 enigma, historyofcomputing, historyofcryptography, Security technology, uk, war Read more >
Here is a listing of all the documents that the NSA has in its archives that are dated earlier than 1930.
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March 21, 2017 foia, historyofcryptography, historyofsecurity, nsa, Security technology Read more >