Название: Codebreaking: A Practical Guide (Expanded Edition)
Автор: Elonka Dunin, Klaus Schmeh
Издательство: No Starch Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 725
Язык: английский
Формат: epub (true), mobi
Размер: 63.9 MB
Solve history’s most hidden secrets alongside expert codebreakers Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh, as they guide you through the world of encrypted texts. With a focus on cracking real-world document encryptions - including some crime-based coded mysteries that remain unsolved - you’ll be introduced to the free computer software that professional cryptographers use, helping you build your skills with state-of-the art tools. You’ll also be inspired by thrilling success stories, like how the first three parts of Kryptos were broken. Each chapter introduces you to a specific cryptanalysis technique, and presents factual examples of text encrypted using that scheme—from modern postcards to 19-century newspaper ads, war-time telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and even entire books written in code. Along the way, you’ll work on NSA-developed challenges, detect and break a Caesar cipher, crack an encrypted journal from the movie The Prestige, and much more. While the art and craft of encryption is referred to as cryptography, the breaking of cryptograms is called cryptanalysis. Codebreaking is another word for cryptanalysis.
