Cryptography

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Numbers | Cryptography

The Cost of Cryptography

Computer security is trying to avoid wasting your time.

From Issue 007 Chapter Two by Yevgeniy Dodis

The VENONA project represents one of the most successful counter-intelligence attacks of the Cold War. It revolved around an encryption system, called the “one-time pad scheme,”…

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Culture | Cryptography

The Artist of the Unbreakable Code

Composer Edward Elgar still has cryptographers playing his tune.

From Issue 006 Chapter Three by Mark MacNamara

It was the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897. Through a periscope, England was sailing along in all its hope and glory. That summer Edward Elgar turned 40 and was slowly…

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