[67921] in Cypherpunks
WW II Crypto. History
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Pekelney)
Sat Oct 12 12:39:52 1996
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 09:26:39 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Richard Pekelney <pekelney@rspeng.com>
Folks,
Those interested in WW II Cryptolographic History should check out:
www.maritime.org/ecm2.shtml
I have just updated this site to include more information on the ECM Mark
II, aka SIGABA, aka CSP-889. This was the primary high level US cipher
system from 1941 - 1959 or so when it was gradualy retired because it was
too slow. The web site now includes a history of the machine, textual
description of its algorithm, photographs, and a Java program (with source)
that emulates the machine in detail.
Comments and suggestions for the site are greatfully accepted at
pekelney@rspeng.com. I am also seeking help improving the UI if anyone is
very Java literate and wants to help. I do not regularly monitor
cypherpunks because of its incredibly high volume of traffic.
Thanks,
rich
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Richard Pekelney
Internet: pekelney@rspeng.com
Phone: 1-415-563-5928
Fax: 1-415-563-5787
