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- From: nikb@cix.compulink.co.uk (Nick Barron)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: == No Subject ==
- Message-ID: <memo.676563@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Date: 11 Oct 92 22:05:54 GMT
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- In Message-ID: <1992Oct1.142348.14622@osf.org>, karger@osf.org writes:
-
- >The British would likely not have broken Enigma during WWII, if the Germans
- >had used the system in its theoretically best ways. Most of the breaks
- >came from bad procedures and lazy crypto operators.
-
- This reminds me of the case of the German crypto operator who only ever
- used two synchronising sequences - HITLER or his girlfriend's name (which
- I forget!). Apparently he was taken prisoner by the 8th Army, and when the
- crypto guys found out, the 8th had to go to *amazing* lengths to let him
- escape!!!!
-
- Also, in <BvGDp3.AGt@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
-
- >The Naval codes were only infrequently broken, and there was at least one
- >branch of the service (the SS?) whose Enigma codes were NEVER broken during
- >the course of the war.
-
- Well, the U-boats (and some of the other naval ops) used a machine with an
- extra disc. And as far as some codes that wer *never* broken, don't be too
- sure, as we don't have an FOIA over here (UK). My father knew one of the
- Bletchley park people and only found out 3 years ago that he was involved!
-