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Really good article about the women who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, breaking German Enigma-encrypted messages. Powered by WPeMatico
Here is a listing of all the documents that the NSA has in its archives that are dated earlier than 1930. Powered by WPeMatico
This is William Friedman’s highly annotated copy of Herbert Yardley’s book, The American Black Chamber. Powered by WPeMatico
A fully functional four-rotor Enigma machine sold for $463,500. Wow. Powered by WPeMatico
Yale University Press has published a facsimile of the Voynich Manuscript. The manuscript is also available online. Powered by WPeMatico
This is an interesting historical use of viking runes as a secret code. Yes, the page is all in Finnish. But scroll to the middle. There’s a picture of the Stockholm city police register from 1536, about a married woman who was found with someone who was not her husband. The recording scribe “encrypted” her … Read More “Viking Runes as Encryption in the 1500s” »
Jim Sanborn has given the world another clue to the fourth cyphertext in his Kryptos sculpture at the CIA headquarters. Older posts on Kryptos. Powered by WPeMatico
Good article, with pictures, diagrams, and code. Powered by WPeMatico