Description |
1 online resource |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preface -- How can I break an encrypted message? And other introductory questions -- The Caesar cipher -- Simple substitution ciphers -- Simple substitution ciphers without spaces between words: Patristocrats -- Simple substitution ciphers in non-English languages -- Homophonic ciphers -- Codes and nomenclators -- Polyalphabetic ciphers -- Complete columnar transposition ciphers -- Incomplete columnar transposition ciphers -- Turning grille transposition ciphers -- Turning grille transposition ciphers -- Abbreviation ciphers -- Dictionary codes and book ciphers -- Additional encryption methods -- Solving ciphers with hill climbing -- What next? -- Appendix A: Kryptos -- Appendix B: Useful language statistics -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendix D: Morse Code Table -- Appendix E: Figure sources -- Appendix F: References -- Index. |
Summary |
"Teaches how to break encrypted texts, whether by hand or using free computer tools. Covers specific cryptographic techniques and includes real-life examples of encrypted text, from modern postcards to nineteenth-century newspaper ads, telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and entire encrypted books"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Cryptography.
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Ciphers.
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Cryptographie. |
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Chiffres (Cryptographie) |
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ciphers (codes) |
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Ciphers |
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Cryptography |
Added Author |
Schmeh, Klaus, author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Dunin, Elonka. Codebreaking San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2023] 9781718502727 (DLC) 2023002094 |
ISBN |
9781718502734 (ebook) |
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1718502737 |
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(paperback) |
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