The art and science of code-making and code-breaking is driven both by the risk inherent in an adversary's ability to read an intercepted communication and the technology available to mitigate that threat efficiently and cost-effectively. This is true both for today's computer-driven cryptography and cryptanalysis and the simpler, yet no less vital codes and ciphers used in the past. In "Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900," the beginnings of American cryptography are portrayed as rooted in the nation's origin in revolutionary conspiracy. Although the...
The art and science of code-making and code-breaking is driven both by the risk inherent in an adversary's ability to read an intercepted communicatio...
This is an examination of codes and ciphers as they figured in American History prior to the twentieth century, prior to the era of wireless or radio communication and the advent of the electronic age. It forms a backdrop for understanding modern cryptology and the role of cryptology in the growth of this nation. Cryptology, the art and science of code-making and code breaking, depends on the prevailing state of technology and the perception of threat.
This is an examination of codes and ciphers as they figured in American History prior to the twentieth century, prior to the era of wireless or radio ...
