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RE: Bletchley Park had ten Colossi in 1944
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Alexander)
Mon Oct 2 11:56:01 2000
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From: David Alexander <dalexander@TRISKELE.co.uk>
To: "'cryptography@c2.net'" <cryptography@c2.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:26:54 +0100
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Perry
This is not new 'news'. I am fortunate enough to live 20 miles from
Bletchley (my old maths Prof. worked there on Japanese codes during the
war).
The trust that now leases the premises has put together an amazing
exhibition and is quite open about what was at the Park during the war.
They have even rebuilt (Thanks to the sterling efforts of Tony Sale et al.)
a colossus and hope to rebuild a bombe in the next couple of years. As a
matter of interest, the colossus can solve the problem set it twice as fast
as a Pentium PC using a C program to do exactly the same task.
Regards
David Alexander
Project Manager & Information Security Consultant
Qualified BS7799 Lead Auditor
Triskele Ltd.
Office 01491 833280
Mobile 0780 308 3130
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry E. Metzger [mailto:perry@wasabisystems.com]
> Sent: 01 October 2000 17:10
> To: cryptography@c2.net
> Subject: Bletchley Park had ten Colossi in 1944
>
>
>
> The British government is going to release a report on the "Colossus"
> machines built at Bletchley Park, after 55 years of silence. It turns
> out that they had ten of the things, and they were used to break
> German codes used for communication between Berlin and military
> commands. Really interesting stuff -- I hope the final report gets put
> online when it becomes available because it is going to be neat
> reading.
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003549412141223&rtmo=VP4uZ
5Zx&atmo=tttttttd&pg=/et/00/9/7/ecfcol07.html
--
Perry E. Metzger perry@wasabisystems.com
--
Quality NetBSD Sales, Support & Service. http://www.wasabisystems.com/
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Perry</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This is not new 'news'. I am fortunate enough to live =
20 miles from Bletchley (my old maths Prof. worked there on Japanese =
codes during the war).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The trust that now leases the premises has put =
together an amazing exhibition and is quite open about what was at the =
Park during the war.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>They have even rebuilt (Thanks to the sterling =
efforts of Tony Sale et al.) a colossus and hope to rebuild a bombe in =
the next couple of years. As a matter of interest, the colossus can =
solve the problem set it twice as fast as a Pentium PC using a C =
program to do exactly the same task.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Regards</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>David Alexander </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Project Manager & Information Security =
Consultant</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Qualified BS7799 Lead Auditor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Triskele Ltd.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Office 01491 833280</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mobile 0780 308 3130</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> From: Perry E. Metzger [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:perry@wasabisystems.com">mailto:perry@wasabisystems.com</=
A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Sent: 01 October 2000 17:10</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> To: cryptography@c2.net</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Subject: Bletchley Park had ten Colossi in =
1944</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> The British government is going to release a =
report on the "Colossus"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> machines built at Bletchley Park, after 55 =
years of silence. It turns</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> out that they had ten of the things, and they =
were used to break</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> German codes used for communication between =
Berlin and military</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> commands. Really interesting stuff -- I hope =
the final report gets put</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> online when it becomes available because it is =
going to be neat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> reading.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
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HREF=3D"http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=3D003549412141223&rtmo=3DVP4=
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Perry E. =
Metzger =
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perry@wasabisystems.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Quality NetBSD Sales, Support & Service. <A =
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