At 16:25 1998-11-10 -0800, Jim Gillogly wrote: >BlueFlux writes: >> If this refers to the ENIGMA codes used by the germans, im curious. > >It doesn't, but it's still worth being curious about. > >> According to my material, it was a swedish mathematician who was first to >> break the ENIGMA ciphers. > >If you're thinking of the Swedish mathematician Arne Beurling, he broke >the Geheimschreiber teleprinter traffic (in 1940) rather than Enigma. >A small Polish team led by Marian Rejewski had broken the Enigma cipher >much earlier, in 1932, and they handed their break to the British in 1939. > Ahh, thanks.....*goes back in shattered pride and vanity to hide in his corner* This was the person i was looking for;) -BlueFlux
