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As with all cipher machines, it was necessary to know how to set up the ENIGMA so that the sender and receiver could read each others messages. To add to the ENIGMA's complexity, each of the theree German armed services used it's own set of keys, often using a different set of keys for each communications network. The key list shown here was used by the German Army to change ENIGMA settings daily for a one month period. Government and commercial keys would be similar.
Source National Cryptologic Museum
ENIGMA remains the best known German cryptographic machine of World War II.
Some added info (from Wikipedia ENIGMA article)
Walzenlage ( Wheel order )
Each rotor was wired differently and identified with a Roman numeral. Setting up a communications net involved selecting the rotors for the day and placing them in the proper left to right order.
Ringstellung ("ring setting").
alphabet ring of rotor relative to the core wiring. The position of the ring is known as the Ringstellung ("ring setting").
Steckerverbindungen
plugboard (Steckerbrett) settings (10 of 13 appear to be used)
Kenngruppen key identification
ENIGMA cipher machine collection
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Auguste Kerckhoffs postulated his eponymous principle back in the 19th century: "A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except for the key, is public knowledge". This means that an effective cryptographic method does not have to be kept secret. If it were, you should wonder why.
Wibu-Systems has been true to this principle for several years. Blurry Box cryptography offers software protection that is completely based on publicly available methods and that can thus be assessed and compared. Blurry Box makes it so hard to counterfeit the software that it would be easier and faster to re-develop the application from scratch! www.wibu.com/protection-suite/blurry-box-cryptography.html.
To test the validity and strength of the newly patented encryption method Blurry Box, now integrated with the anti-debug and obfuscation methods of CodeMeter, Wibu-Systems launched a contest, open to all hackers around the globe. None of the 315 international participants managed to send in a full crack of the encryption scheme. www.blurrybox.com.
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Have you ever noticed the barcodes on your receipts?
I notice such useless details and I even try to decode them:
Normal daily life along a different timeline - which we cannot find - but have the feeling that it exists - but
Certainly!
Quantum computing represents a groundbreaking advancement in technology, deeply intertwined with the concepts of superposition, entanglement, and interference from quantum physics. Unlike classical computing, which processes information in a linear fashion using bits (0s and 1s), quantum computing utilizes quantum bits or qubits that can exist in multiple states simultaneously. This enables quantum computers to perform numerous calculations at once, effectively navigating through a vast landscape of potential solutions.
The idea of parallel timelines can be likened to the way quantum computers operate. Each decision or computation can be viewed as branching into multiple outcomes, similar to how different timelines might unfold based on various choices. This means that a quantum computer can explore various paths to a solution simultaneously, leading to remarkable efficiencies in solving complex problems.
In practical terms, this capability could revolutionize fields such as cryptography, where quantum computers may break existing encryption methods faster than classical computers. In material science, they could simulate quantum phenomena to discover new materials with desirable properties. Additionally, in optimization problems across various industries, quantum computing offers the potential to find the most efficient solutions more rapidly than traditional methods.
In summary, the link between quantum computing and the concept of parallel timelines highlights a fascinating intersection of technology and theoretical physics, suggesting that our understanding of reality may be more complex and interconnected than we previously imagined.
The Cryptography thingamajig followed the drone's radio waves to a spot in old Gotham. I think it was a garage looking at the map. Needless to say, we hauled ass over there. Well, after we picked up Jackie, anyway. Figured we might need some reinforcement. Besides, he hasn't had any action on this case yet. Thought he deserved it more than anyone. Tonight wouldn't be his night to shine, though. When we got to the garage, it was cleaned out sans some beer bottles and some PC towers. Also this giant industrial computer cable that caught Jackie's attention like a baby to a shiny toy.
"It's...it's so huge!"
"That's what she--"
"For god's sake Tim, he's eleven."
I think my friend's stupidity is starting to rub off on me.
"What is this? It's so weird! It's like one of those big snakes in my schoolbook, but made out of...I think this is rubber...."
"It's a computer cable, little buddy. A big industrial one."
"They make computer cables this big? What was the computer like?!"
"You're looking at it right here, smalls. ll these PC towers here were wired to this cable, and that cable was connected to the drone, I guess. She's trying to hack it. But it isn't weaponized, so what can she---
I was cut off by the sound of some liquid splashing on the floor behind me. I turn around and Steph's standing there, holding a beer bottle upside-down. There's drops coming from the drinking end of the bottle.
"It was cold, too. This bottle is still fresh. Well, as fresh as backwash gets. They left pretty recently."
"Hey, I know that label! 'Hee-nu-kun"...That's my principle's favorite drink."
"Who's favorite drink???"
"Forget about it! The point is, if they left recently, there's only one thing....Spinneret figured out we were tracking her. Don't know how, but she did. And now we're at a dead end.
"And basically, there's no way to track her again until she attacks again. And this time, she has a multimillion dollar military-grade drone. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who sees how screwed we might be?"
No you aren't, Steph. God knows what that psycho's got up her sleeve for this. And and the worst part is we can't do a damned thing about it....No! There's gotta be something that can be done, something! Wish I knew what that was, though. Still, I can't give up now. Not when Spinneret is this kind of dangerous. One man is already dead because of her. That's one man too many...
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The ENIGMA Uhr (Clock) was a mechanical device used by German armed forces in World War 2 to increase the security of the ENIGMA.
When the clock plugs were substitude for the original ones in the ENIGMA Plugboard (Steckerbrett) , the electricla current was directed through the clock. by simply turning the large knob on the clock, the ENIGMA operator could select 40 different plugging arrangments without rearranging the plugs.
Source National Cryptologic Museum
ENIGMA remains the best known German cryptographic machine of World War II.
ENIGMA cipher machine collection
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Met de opkomst van de cryptocurrency Bitcoin kwam ook de revolutionaire technologie in beeld; de blockchain. FIBER en de Brakke Grond presenteren een avond met de Vlaamse cyberfilosoof Michel Bauwens over de blockchain. Een gedecentraliseerde database die de basis vormt achter de controversiële Bitcoin.
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An Enigma machine is any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. The first Enigma was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I.[1] This model and its variants were used commercially from the early 1920s, and adopted by military and government services of several countries—most notably by Nazi Germany before and during World War II.[2] A range of Enigma models were produced, but the German military model, the Wehrmacht Enigma, is the version most commonly discussed.
The machine has become well-known because, during World War II, Polish and British codebreakers were able to decrypt a vast number of messages which had been enciphered using the Enigma. The intelligence gleaned from this source, codenamed ULTRA by the British, was a substantial aid to the Allied war effort. The exact influence of ULTRA on the course of the war is debated; an oft-repeated assessment is that decryption of German ciphers hastened the end of the European war by two years.[3][4][5]
Though the Enigma cipher had cryptographic weaknesses, in practice it was only in combination with other factors (procedural flaws, operator mistakes, occasional captured hardware and key tables, etc.) that those weaknesses allowed Allied cryptographers to cryptanalyze so many messages.
Source: Wikipedia
Met de opkomst van de cryptocurrency Bitcoin kwam ook de revolutionaire technologie in beeld; de blockchain. FIBER en de Brakke Grond presenteren een avond met de Vlaamse cyberfilosoof Michel Bauwens over de blockchain. Een gedecentraliseerde database die de basis vormt achter de controversiële Bitcoin.
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
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Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
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Microsoft's booth at the RSA Expo used wireless keyboards vulnerable to the Keykeriki and GoodFET. The radio transmissions are in the Nordic RF style in the 2.4GHz band, 2Mbps. The Start of Frame Delimiter (SFD/Sync) is a 5-byte string unique to each keyboard/dongle set, and the closest thing to cryptography is that the string is XORed with the keypresses.
This vulnerability has been reported to Microsoft multiple times, but they refuse to document it.
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During World War 2, this model of the Japanese Type-97 cipher machine was known to American cryptanalysts as JADE. JADE was one of three varieties of Japanese machines that used a series of telephone selector switches to encipher r decipher top-level messages. The other two machines were known by the American designators CORAL and PURPLE. The Top Secret messages enciphered by JADE, CORAL, and PURPLE machines and transmitted by radio were intercepted and decrypted by American Army and Navy personnel. The information gained by this source was of the highest level of importance and was instrumental in the Allied victory in the Pacific.
Although no PURPLE cipher machine was ever captured intact, it is believed that PURPLE looked very much like JADE. This JADE machine was captured in Saipan in June, 1944.
Source: National Cryptologic Museum
Purple
In 1937, the next generation 97-shiki injiki(九七式印字機) ("Type 97 print machine") was completed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs machine was the Angooki Taipu-B (暗号機 タイプB) ("Type B Cipher Machine"), codenamed Purple by United States cryptanalysts.
The chief designer of Purple was Kazuo Tanabe (田辺一雄). His engineers were Masaji Yamamoto (山本正治) and Eikichi Suzuki (鈴木恵吉). Eikichi Suzuki suggested use of stepping switch instead of the more troublesome half-rotor switch.
Clearly, the Purple machine was more secure than Red, but the Navy did not recognize that Red had already been broken. The Purple machine inherited a weak point from the Red machine, namely vowel-consonant separate encryption, which was called "sixes-twenties" by the US Army SIS.
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The Unity Ingot Coin
The World of Finance and Investments is varying into a Decentralized Society
People are looking for extra places to stock their hard-earned grant and go to it through investments as they don't trust the status quo.
Taking a look at the relatively new world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies we look many similarities to that of customary investment platforms such as stocks, bonds, funds, insurance and more
But they are completely different, heres why
Most cryptocurrencies are developed from blockchain technology.
The blockchain is a peer-to-peer database that maintains a list of history called
Blocks. These blocks are similar by cryptography securing the data. The first block chain was conceptualized by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 as a key component of the digital currency Bitcoin where it serves as the public ledger for all transactions that individuals complete with Bitcoin
the opening of blockchain for Bitcoin inspired entrepreneurs and tech savvy people all
over the world to design crypto currencies and tokens for additional decentralized applications
we see these pioneering days of using cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology as a different nice of opportunity.
Ethereum, Bitcoins sudo challenger of sorts which is afterward developed from a blockchain technology did something unique in their progress by creating smart union Technology to be in afterward their blockchain for big concern and developers alike to make more lucrative opportunities in a more swift and modern manner.
Introducing our agreement Ingot Crypto-Token
A chaotic habit they are creating long term returns for people that wish to retain our token.
Built from Ethereums smart concord Technology the agreement Ingot is the first of its kind.
Why is it unique and a first?
Unity is backed by cryptocurrency mining.
50% of the proceeds from the weekly mining pools is used to buy Bitcoin and Gold to back up our token. 15% of the weekly mining proceeds is used to buy more mining servers in view of that the coin always grows in an exponential way. 15% of the daily mining proceeds is used to save the shout out value of our token stable in the quarrel make public places. The last 20% percentage is used for allowance and upkeep of the mining facility.
This means that the pact Token will exponentially build up in value based adjacent to the mining equipment and its buildup of value behind Gold and Bitcoin. rule deal to be similar to a more expected addition of value that relates to a Gold backed ETF.
The unity Ingot will bring online 1x mining server for every 5 million tokens innate adopted by their followers. later all tokens are adopted, the pact Ingot will have the base power of 2000 mining servers dynamic at a hash rate of 230mhs per server or 460gh in sum returning $880,000 per month after electricity costs at current announce prices the morning I am writing this article. The ROI of each server at todays prices is isolated 340 days opposed to mining Bitcoin itself as soon as the summit mining equipment for the Bitcoin blockchain which returns an ROI in 14 15 months at current prices and mysteriousness of the BTC blockchain. The agreement mining operation can mine oscillate cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, ZCash, Lite Coin and thus many more which makes it much more diversified and appealing.
The treaty Ingot team focus their mining farms at the cryptocurrency that is offering the highest returns that day, hours of daylight in and morning out. past such an operation, ahead of time adopters of the agreement Ingot can expect a 100%+ growth factor year on top of year and thats just if Gold and Bitcoin stay at their current value, but it doesnt stop there.
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The agreement Ingot is just one of 9 unique tokens instinctive created and launched into the cryptocurrency tone by this build up team to fill the gulf of the different bullion backed tokens as a safe port of sorts. The creators acknowledge that this a need in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency recess that the world is currently opening happening too.
A see into the Recent endeavors Surrounding Bitcoin
Within the bearing in mind six months from the epoch I write this article we have seen countries such as the Philippines and Japan legalize Bitcoin as a genuine currency in their countries. Countries such as India, Russia, China and the EU are moreover looking at proceed the same. It has been released recently that Russia and China are dumping the U.S. dollar for gold and looking to harsh themselves from the central banks. considering this in mind, adopting Bitcoin into their unconventional plans would be a natural business to realize even if diversifying their investments to enlarge on their own currencies and secure guarding themselves from a potential banking collapse from the centralized system and the petro-dollar.
This can already be seen in Japan where they are now holding 41.8% of every Bitcoin and have released a projected estimate that 260,000 businesses will be compliant BTC as a form of payment in their country. Our predictions are that the cryptocurrency flavor will become the next-door financial encounter zone where countries in this area the world will every legalize crypto as qualified currency and will be credited with large reserves as a drop support to the fiat dollar exceeding the next two years.
Many of the elite in the similar to year have predicted that Bitcoin will surpass $10,000 per coin by 2020 and surpass $50,000 by 2030 because of the limited supply. Some people such as Jeremy Liew, the first Snap chat traveler and Peter Smith the CEO of Blockchain both say that Bitcoin will be worth greater than $500,000 by 2030 for this revise similar reason. It has as well as been said in recent months that if the Winklevoss ETF was to be accepted by the associated States SEC that Bitcoins value would have risen to $5000 per coin higher than night. The ETF was denied in March followed by 3 further Bitcoin ETF attempts in the same way as that judgement. The SEC is revisiting the substitute to legalize the Winklevoss ETF and has allowed open a breath of fresh air from the U.S. public in helpful their feedback. The similar recognition could be said that if Russia, India, China or the EU legalizes Bitcoin as official tender, the price per digital coin could look prices well along than $10,000.
This is the veracity we living in and people from every roughly the world are starting to realize that an investment in Bitcoin is a good opportunity. However, buying Bitcoin is expensive and there is an easier artifice to get a turn in this emerging trend. By acquiring a small tilt in the concurrence Ingot which is acknowledged to explode due to the fact that it is one of the abandoned difficult asset backed cryptocurrencies in the world, those holdings could twist into a greater recompense on investment and similar to the dust settles upon the given price for the tokens is received by the entry spread around place a person could easily trade help for Bitcoin or withhold onto the Untiy Ingot for the long term and reap the advance for a far away less purchase in cost. all in all, the cryptocurrency trend seems afterward it is here to stay and the opportunities are bountiful at the current time. Invest wisely, accomplish your own due diligence and acknowledge every precaution to secure guard your hard-earned money.
Day 2 of the UCF Burnett Honors College Summer Institute, an intensive 3 week summer camp for high school students to learn all about Java & Python as well as AI & Cryptography.
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A laser-cut, four-layer, acrylic representation of a one-time redirect to a bitcoin, using cryptographics.io
Similar to "I promise to pay the bearer 1 bitcoin". If I'd known if it were legal to do this with a bitcoin wallet, I'd have done it, but to prototype the idea, here's an initial experiment.
To gain access to the bitcoin you would need to have the 256 character password that was used in the encryption process.
A hack-day project, for #sizzle9 and to be exhibited at Hack The Barbican this month.
The Tele-Troopers are equipped with highly-advanced telecommunications devices, most of which are worn as backpacks and helmets. Their equipment is capable of both audio and video transmissions from the field. In addition to the standard BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle their gear includes an automatic frequency scanner, cryptography unit, and sensor jamming/anti-jamming equipment.
Taken at the National Cryptologic Museum, NSA.
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Met de opkomst van de cryptocurrency Bitcoin kwam ook de revolutionaire technologie in beeld; de blockchain. FIBER en de Brakke Grond presenteren een avond met de Vlaamse cyberfilosoof Michel Bauwens over de blockchain. Een gedecentraliseerde database die de basis vormt achter de controversiële Bitcoin.
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Try and Vet T-Shirt Cryptographic Contest at Hack.lu 2011
You can see the highlighted text that I used to build the cryptographic key for the 2011.hack.lu/index.php/TryandVetTshirtContest
I published the solution: www.foo.be/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/2011-10-02_Try_and_Vet_Tshirt_...
Met de opkomst van de cryptocurrency Bitcoin kwam ook de revolutionaire technologie in beeld; de blockchain. FIBER en de Brakke Grond presenteren een avond met de Vlaamse cyberfilosoof Michel Bauwens over de blockchain. Een gedecentraliseerde database die de basis vormt achter de controversiële Bitcoin.
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security. A cryptocurrency is difficult to counterfeit because of this security feature. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized systems based on blockchain technology, a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its biggest allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation.
The first blockchain-based cryptocurrency was Bitcoin, which still remains the most popular and most valuable. Today, there are thousands of alternate cryptocurrencies with various functions or specifications. Some of these are clones of Bitcoin while others are forks, or new cryptocurrencies that split off from an already existing one.
My combination padlock (Master Lock). Can you guess the backdrop?
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©2008 David C. Pearson, M.D.
During World War II the German Army used the SZ40 for high-level communications. It provided on-line encryption and decryption of messages and was capable of handling large volumes of traffic at high speed.
Built by the German firm Lorenz, the SZ40 depended on wheels for its encryption/decryption. It encrypted elements of the electrically generated “Baudot Code” used in normal telegraphic transmissions (e.g., teletype). By adding the numeric representations of two letters together, a third letter was created. The wheels generated the key. Although highly complex, the use of wheels meant the key was not random.
Seen at the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, Maryland.
An observation from someone who is not an expert in cryptography: Cryptography is about converting order (a written or spoken message) to disorder (an encrypted communication with no clear patterns) and vice versa. Thus, I find it interesting that a number of tools for cryptography—especially prior to the digital age—have a physical order or pattern.