>The conventional wisdom is that the successful US cryptanalytic efforts >against Japanese naval codes was a closely-held secret.
Has the conventional wisdom forgotten that it was reported in the Chicago Tribune in 1942? See, for example, http://www.newseum.org/warstories/essay/secrecy.htm Fortunately, the Navy Department had enough sense not to make a public stink, and the Japanese evidently didn't read the Chicago paper. R's, John --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
