Codebreaking: A Practical Guide - Brossura

Dunin, Elonka; Schmeh, Klaus

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ISBN 10: 147214421X ISBN 13: 9781472144218

Casa editrice: Robinson, 2020

Riassunto

A practical guide by two world experts to codebreaking and solving cryptograms. There are tens of thousands of such cryptograms, both modern and historical, many of which remain unsolved. The guide is complemented by both success stories and details of unsolved encryption mysteries.

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Informazioni sugli autori

ELONKA DUNIN is an American video-game developer and cryptologist. Bestselling author Dan Brown named Nola Kaye, a character in his novel, The Lost Symbol, after her. Elonka has published a book of exercises on classical cryptography and maintains cryptography-related websites about topics such as the world's most famous unsolved codes and Kryptos, a sculpture at the Central Intelligence Agency containing an encrypted message. She is considered the leading Kryptos expert in the world. Elonka is a member of the United States National Cryptologic Museum Foundation's Board and frequently gives lectures on the subject of cryptography.

KLAUS SCHMEH is one of the world's leading experts on the history of encryption. He has published thirteen books about encryption technology (mostly written in German), as well as over 200 articles, twenty-five scientific publications and 1,200 blog posts, which makes him the most published cryptology author in the world. He is a member of the editorial board of the scientific magazine, Cryptologia, and a frequent speaker at encryption conferences in Europe and the USA. He has given presentations at the NSA Cryptologic History Symposium, the Charlotte International Cryptologic Symposium, the RSA Conference in San Francisco and many more. He is known for his entertaining presentation style involving self-drawn cartoons and Lego models.

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Two of the world's leading authorities on codebreaking reveal their techniques and tricks - interwoven with a treasure trove of authentic stories about famous code-cracking successes, and many still unsolved encryption mysteries.


Elonka Dunin, codebreaker and an expert on the world's most famous unsolved codes, and Klaus Schmeh, one of the world's most prolific crypto-bloggers, describe the best-known traditional encryption techniques along with powerful methods to break them.


In this book, you can learn about:


· Beatrix Potter's encrypted diary, and how to read it.
· The Zodiac Killer's four encrypted messages and how one of these was broken.
· What to do with encrypted letters, postcards, and diaries in order to be able to analyse and decipher such documents - numerous examples are provided.
· How to find free software tools that help you to break the majority of pencil-and-paper ciphers.
· Many of the exceptions, i.e., encrypted documents that have so far withstood all attempts to solve them, including the Voynich Manuscript, the Kryptos inscription K4, and the three remaining messages of the Zodiac Killer.


This is the perfect guide for anyone who is interested in breaking authentic codes and ciphers. It is ideal for historians and law-enforcement agents who might be confronted by encrypted messages, as well as for puzzle fans, geocachers, members of the American Cryptogram Association (ACA), and readers of Dan Brown's novels.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Robinson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• ISBN 10: 147214421X
• ISBN 13: 9781472144218
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 528
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile