On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:58:07PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> m>, "Trei, Peter" writes:
> >> Axel H Horns[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >>
> >> The machine was one of only three in the world An antiques dealer has
> >> admitted handling a stolen code-breaking Enigma machine, worth
> >> �100,000.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
>
> The machine in question is an Abwehr Enigma, a variant of the basic
> design. (There were a fair number of variants, in fact.)
Are you sure about this?
I thought only the polish and the british deciphering teams
had "code-breaking" enigma machines (which became part of the
"bombe"). Wasn't the "Abwehr Enigma" a plain encryption machine?
Hadmut
[Moderator's note: I'm sure it was just a misstatement in the original
article. --Perry]
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