history of cryptography

On the Voynich Manuscript

| | academic papers, cryptanalysis, history of cryptography, Uncategorized
Really interesting article on the ancient-manuscript scholars who are applying their techniques to the Voynich Manuscript. No one has been able to understand the writing yet, but there are some new understandings: ...
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Declassified NSA Newsletters

| | Applied Cryptography, foia, history of cryptography, history of security, nsa, Uncategorized
Through a 2010 FOIA request (yes, it took that long), we have copies of the NSA’s KRYPTOS Society Newsletter, “Tales of the Krypt,” from 1994 to 2003. There are many interesting things ...
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Military Cryptanalytics, Part III

| | cryptanalysis, foia, history of cryptography, military, nsa, Uncategorized
The NSA has just declassified and released a redacted version of Military Cryptanalytics, Part III, by Lambros D. Callimahos, October 1977. Parts I and II, by Lambros D. Callimahos and William F ...
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