November 18, 2019

Tag Archives: cryptanalysis

Cryptanalysis

24 February, 2015 / in Cryptology, History, Intelligence, National Security Agency (NSA) Collection

The goal of cryptanalysis is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus permitting its subversion or evasion. Military Cryptanalysis Part I Military Cryptanalysis Part II Military Cryptanalysis Part III Military ...

Wasn’t All Magic: The Early Struggle to Automate Cryptanalysis

24 February, 2015 / in Cryptology, National Security Agency (NSA) Collection

The National Security Agency has declassified an eye-opening pre-history of computers used for code-breaking between the 1930s and 1960s. Special thanks and courtesy of GovernmentAttic.org for allowing The Black Vault to post it here as well. ...