cryptanalysis

Cryptanalysis

The goal of cryptanalysis is to find some weakness or insecurity in a cryptographic scheme, thus permitting its subversion or…

February 24, 2015

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

The National Security Agency has declassified an eye-opening pre-history of computers used for code-breaking between the 1930s and 1960s.  Special…

February 24, 2015