Codebreaking : a practical guide /

"Teaches how to break encrypted texts, whether by hand or using free computer tools. Covers specific cryptographic techniques and includes real-life examples of encrypted text, from modern postcards to nineteenth-century newspaper ads, telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and entire encrypte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dunin, Elonka (Autor), Schmeh, Klaus (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2023]
Temas:
Cryptography.
Ciphers.
Cryptographie.
Chiffres (Cryptographie)
ciphers (codes)
Ciphers
Cryptography
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • How can I break an encrypted message? And other introductory questions
  • The Caesar cipher
  • Simple substitution ciphers
  • Simple substitution ciphers without spaces between words: Patristocrats
  • Simple substitution ciphers in non-English languages
  • Homophonic ciphers
  • Codes and nomenclators
  • Polyalphabetic ciphers
  • Complete columnar transposition ciphers
  • Incomplete columnar transposition ciphers
  • Turning grille transposition ciphers
  • Turning grille transposition ciphers
  • Abbreviation ciphers
  • Dictionary codes and book ciphers
  • Additional encryption methods
  • Solving ciphers with hill climbing
  • What next?
  • Appendix A: Kryptos
  • Appendix B: Useful language statistics
  • Appendix C: Glossary
  • Appendix D: Morse Code Table
  • Appendix E: Figure sources
  • Appendix F: References
  • Index.

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