[HN Gopher] Some mathematical aspects of cryptography (1941)
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       Some mathematical aspects of cryptography (1941)
        
       Author : gone35
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2024-01-28 06:22 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | tialaramex wrote:
       | In terms of timing, the author/ speaker had no way to know this,
       | but at the time they're saying hey, actually this is practical
       | because you don't need a machine (1941), both sides are in fact
       | using machines.
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       | The Japanese begin using "Purple" about this time (prior systems
       | "Red" and "Blue" were not mechanical), the Nazis had Engima even
       | before the war and have also been using Lorenz / "Tunny" for a
       | few months although only in prototype and their Allied
       | counterparts are using a roughly similar technology to Enigma
       | (Typex) and another weird (but pragmatic) rotor machine the ECM
       | Mark II.
        
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