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Enigma Machines

March 17th, 2006 by PeterMcB

The Enigma machine was a mechanical encoding/decoding device used by the German military in WWII and which the British were able to successfully crack on occasion. It is now possible to purchase a Do-it-yourself Enigma machine and even a paper-version of one.

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One Response to “Enigma Machines”

  1. slawekk Says:
    March 17th, 2006 at 10:18 am

    >the British were able to successfully crack on occasion

    More accurate description of cracking Enigma at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma

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