Machine cryptography
Since entering the nineteenth century, great minds and developments in technology allow for developments in cryptography a great example is the Morse Code which was developed by Alfred Vail who worked with Samuel Morse and this code was transmitted by telegraph double (Thomas Alva Edison), which allowed to transmit an electrical impulse to a significant distance by a power line, But really that was the Morse Code? their interpretation is very simple to each letter was assigned a binary symbol say because only two types were used “.” and “-” being something.
and how to enter these symbols is through down while maintaining electrical contact. -
Already in the twentieth century telegraphs were replaced by radio signals, providing possibility of transmission in May and likewise offering the possibility of intercepting those signals, so one of the most important developments in cryptography occurred during the War the World Famous “Zimmermann Telegram” was under the same encryption known to Germans as “ADFGVX” which was used by the Germans to convey their messages securely diplomats, this type of encryption is the type substitution and transposition the code table being something like the following example:
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A |
D |
F |
G |
V |
X |
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A |
b |
o |
g |
r |
0 |
e |
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D |
v |
1 |
9 |
i |
z |
q |
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F |
4 |
d |
x |
t |
l |
m |
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G |
h |
u |
8 |
5 |
c |
3 |
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V |
6 |
y |
k |
n |
f |
p |
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X |
j |
s |
7 |
2 |
w |
a |
The table consists of 36 cells where they attach letters of the alphabet plus the 10 numbers and the first row and first column is the number ADFGVX mode is very simple encrypt the letter seeks to encrypt and put the value of corresponds to its row and column, let an example, let’s encrypt “mkit Argentina.” -
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m |
k |
i |
t |
a |
r |
g |
e |
n |
t |
i |
n |
a |
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XF |
FV |
GD |
GF |
XX |
GA |
FA |
XA |
GV |
GF |
GD |
GV |
XX |
being encryption XF FV GD GF XX GA FA XA GV GF GD GV XX
encryption if you look carefully in this case we see a pattern repeated “XX”, “GD” and “VG”. Central Bureau of figures belonging to France had a cryptanalyst named George Painvin which gotten down to decrypt it by early June 1918 achievement decipher a message which said the following “send ammunition quickly. Even during the day if not see them “in the same message is wise he had sent from a city located about 80 km from Paris, thanks to Painvin to halt the advance on Paris. -
Now this is very functional code to transmit it by telegraph as it only uses a very limited alphabet code only using the following symbols:
“A. -; D – .., F .. -.; G -., V … -, X – .. -”
Already in 1923 a German engineer named “Arthur Scherbius“, presented one of the most popular machines in the history of cryptography, which is called Enigma is a system being improved Alberti disk
Cryptographic This system became a priority for countries that were facing the Germans, whereas the intelligence services in Poland and the United Kingdom being the Polish mathematician, Marian Rejewski, conducted one of the most important tasks in the history of cryptanalysis combining mathematical and statistical calculations noticed a pattern in the code that was repeated twice at the beginning of the message, this one to suppose that the wiring of a rotor of the letters, but by the way these changed. -
Then leave a flash enigmaco.de showing the operation of the key Enigma
Alan Turing at Bletchley Park work (now current museum of cryptography), convened by the British government along with others with the aim of breaking the Enigma code for this task built a machine called Colossus and was one of those responsible for rupture of the key enigma II
Other Cryptographic Algorithms
The Navajo code
The Navajo code was an American cipher used in the Second World War in the Pacific theater. This system used the Navajo language, which was practically impossible to learn without being of the Navajo culture, this code was used on the front lines and those responsible for encrypting and decrypting them were Navajo. while this code is fairly rudimentary never was deciphered during use. -
Part of the Navajo Code Used in the Second World War
| Letra | Navajo | Significado | Traducción |
| A | Wol-la-chee | Ant | Hormiga |
| B | Shush | Bear | Oso |
| C | Moasi | Cat | Gato |
| D | Be | Deer | Ante |
| E | Dzeh | Elk | Impulso |
| F | Mi-e | Fox | Zorro |
| G | Klizzie | Goat | Cabra |
| H | Lino | Horse | Caballo |
| I | Tkin | Ice | Hielo |
| J | Tkele-cho-gi | Jackass | Baudet |
| K | Klizzie-yazzie | Kid | Cabrito |
| L | Dibeh-yazzie | Lamb | Cordero |
| M | Na-as-tso-si | Mouse | Ratón |
| N | Nesh-chee | Nut | Avellana |
| O | Ne-ahs-jah | Owl | Buho |
| P | CBiSodih | Pig | Cerdo |
| Q | Ca-yeilth | Quiver | Aljaba |
| R | Gah | Rabbit | Conejo |
| S | Dibeh | Sheep | Oveja |
| T | Than-zie | Turkey | Pavo |
| U | No-da-ih | Ute | Piel-rojo |
| V | A-keh-di-glini | Victor | Vencedor |
| W | Gloe-ih | Weasel | Comadreja |
| X | Al-an-as-dzoh | Cross | Cruz |
| Allí | Tsah-as-zih | Yuca | Yuca |
| Z | Besh-do-gliz | Cinc | Cinc |
In future post we will see some of the most popular methods of cryptography. -
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