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Code breaking : a history and exploration / Rudolf Kippenhahn ; translated from the German, in collaboration with the author, by Ewald Osers.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Constable, 1999.Description: 283 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0094798907
  • 9780094798908
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Z103 .K53
Partial contents:
Preface. p. 11.
Preface to the American Edition. p. 13.
1. Secret Writing in War and Peace. p. 15.
2. Hidden Messages and Codebooks. p. 34.
3. Codebooks in World War I. p. 52.
4. He Came, He Saw, He Encoded. p. 67.
5. How a Monalphabetic Code is Cracked. p. 84.
6. Caesars in Rank and File. p. 108.
7. Keywords Without End. p. 123.
8. Shuffled Texts. p. 139.
9. From Coding Disk to Enigma. p. 153.
10. Enigma's Secret is Unveiled. p. 172.
11. Arrival of the Computer. p. 197.
12. Encryption Quite Publicly. p. 210.
13. Smart Cards, One-Way Functions, and Mousetraps. p. 234.
App. A. homemade encrypting machine. p. 261.
App. B. Your computer as Enigma. p. 264.
App. C. How the three magic key numbers are determined. p. 266.
App. D. PGP, the encryption program from the Internet. p. 269.
Further Reading. p. 273.
Index. p. 277.
Review: "Code breaking has always played an essential role not only in the romance of espionage but, as importantly, in its reality. This reality continues today in an age of electronic banking and the Internet, with its emphasis on the coding and decoding of information. The achievements of cryptography - the art of writing and deciphering coded messages - have become a part of our everyday life." "Rudolf Kippenhahn offers readers both a chronicle of cryptography as well as an exploration of the constantly evolving art of coding and decoding languages."--Jacket.
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Preface. p. 11.

Preface to the American Edition. p. 13.

1. Secret Writing in War and Peace. p. 15.

2. Hidden Messages and Codebooks. p. 34.

3. Codebooks in World War I. p. 52.

4. He Came, He Saw, He Encoded. p. 67.

5. How a Monalphabetic Code is Cracked. p. 84.

6. Caesars in Rank and File. p. 108.

7. Keywords Without End. p. 123.

8. Shuffled Texts. p. 139.

9. From Coding Disk to Enigma. p. 153.

10. Enigma's Secret is Unveiled. p. 172.

11. Arrival of the Computer. p. 197.

12. Encryption Quite Publicly. p. 210.

13. Smart Cards, One-Way Functions, and Mousetraps. p. 234.

App. A. homemade encrypting machine. p. 261.

App. B. Your computer as Enigma. p. 264.

App. C. How the three magic key numbers are determined. p. 266.

App. D. PGP, the encryption program from the Internet. p. 269.

Further Reading. p. 273.

Index. p. 277.

"Code breaking has always played an essential role not only in the romance of espionage but, as importantly, in its reality. This reality continues today in an age of electronic banking and the Internet, with its emphasis on the coding and decoding of information. The achievements of cryptography - the art of writing and deciphering coded messages - have become a part of our everyday life." "Rudolf Kippenhahn offers readers both a chronicle of cryptography as well as an exploration of the constantly evolving art of coding and decoding languages."--Jacket.

Translated from the German.

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