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Carregando... The Codebreakers (1967)de David Kahn
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Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. ![]() A very comprehensive history of hidden writing, codes, ciphers and other such things. It goes pretty well into depth with how it describes ancient codes and ciphers, how new ones were made and how they were then broken. It doesn't cover internet security or anything, since this edition of this book was published in 1967. So it is still in the midst of the Cold War. Interestingly, most code breaking was done by linguists and language experts, but that eventually turned into mathematicians. It doesn't talk about Alan Turing, since at the time of this book being published, it was classified, or at least I think it was. Anyway, a wonderful tome on how people tried to keep their messages secret. Magisterial history of codes and ciphers. Comprehensive, detailed, and based on research of a depth seldom seen outside of dissertations. Citations from the technical and historical literature in a number of languages, from extremely obscure periodicals, newspapers and journals, and much original archival work impress the reader with the seriousness of this venture. Kahn has a gift for treating complicated technical matters with astonishing clarity without giving the feeling of writing down to a non-professional audience. He is especially strong on military and espionage matters, and in these chapters use a style somewhat indebted to the rhetoric of the thriller, and only occasionally does his prose become clichéd or purple. Although this is ostensively a second edition, he leaves much of the original material unchanged, so that attitudes very rooted in the 1960s will seem strange when couple with the 1996 copyright of this version. The one very weak chapter is on the NSA, which is largely speculative and strongly reflects the level of information available in the 60s. All in all, a magnificent and entertaining achievement. Probably the definitive history on codes, codebreaking, and it's increasingly important role in shaping military history. It's comprehensive scope ranges from the ancient world to the public-key era, with special attention paid to the postal system of Vienna, the triumphs and failures of signal intelligence during the World Wars, and recently-declassified information about the early Cold War. Indeholder "A Note on the Abridged Version", "Preface", "A Few Words", " 1. One Day of MAGIC: I", " 2. One Day of MAGIC: II", " 3. The First 3,000 Years", " 4. The Rise of the west", " 5. On the Origin of a Species", " 6. The Era of the Black Chambers", " 7. The Contribution of the Dilettantes", " 8. Room 40", " 9. A War of Intercepts", " 10. Two Americans", " 11. Secrecy for Sale", " 12. Duel in the Ether: I", " 13. Duel in the Ether: II", " 14. Censors, Scramblers, and Spies", " 15. The Scrutable Orientals", " 16. Русская Криптология", " 17. N.S.A.", " 18. Heterogeneous Impulses", " 19. Ciphers in the Past Tense", " 20. The Anatomy of Cryptology", "Suggestions for Further Reading", "Index". Glimrende historisk gennemgang af kryptografien og navnlig dens historie. Denne udgave er forkortet meget i forhold til hovedværket. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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