Code Breaking in the Pacific

This book reveals the historical context and the evolution of the technically complex Allied Signals Intelligence (Sigint) activity against Japan from 1920 to 1945. It traces the all-important genesis and development of the cryptanalytic techniques used to break the main Japanese Navy code (JN-25) a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Donovan, Peter (Autor), Mack, John (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Data structures (Computer science).
Information theory.
Cryptography.
Data encryption (Computer science).
Coding theory.
Computer science-Mathematics.
Computers-History.
Data protection.
Data Structures and Information Theory.
Cryptology.
Coding and Information Theory.
Mathematical Applications in Computer Science.
History of Computing.
Data and Information Security.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Communications and Sigint
  • Japanese Expansion 1895-1941
  • The GCCS 1919-1941
  • William Friedman and the US Army
  • Early American Naval Sigint
  • Developments in Australia
  • Preparedness for Attack?- Major Technical Encryption Systems
  • JN-25 and its Cryptanalysis
  • Using Common Book Groups
  • Recovery of a Code Book
  • Breaking Additive Systems
  • Making Additive Systems Secure
  • Redundant Encryption
  • The Scanning Distribution
  • Ciphers and the Submarines
  • Central Bureau 1942-1945
  • Organisation and Reorganisation
  • Security, Censorship and Leaks
  • Conclusion
  • From Pearl Harbor to Midway
  • Guadalcanal and Papua
  • Rabaul and the Philippines.

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