Re: Seizing the Enigma

2009-08-14 Thread John Levine
Speaking of seizing an Enigma, here's a picture of a handy one rotor version I got at Bletchley Park. The rotor flips over so there's two possible rotors and the determined cryptographer can use multiple rotors by making several passes manually over the data. http://www.taugh.com/enigma.jpeg You

Re: Kahn's "Seizing the Enigma" back in print -- with a catch

2009-08-14 Thread John Levine
>David Kahn's "Seizing the Enigma" is back in print. However, it's >only available from Barnes and Noble -- their publishing arm is doing >the reprint. According to the preface, the new edition corrects >minor errors, but didn't give any details. http://

Kahn's "Seizing the Enigma" back in print -- with a catch

2009-08-13 Thread Steven Bellovin
David Kahn's "Seizing the Enigma" is back in print. However, it's only available from Barnes and Noble -- their publishing arm is doing the reprint. According to the preface, the new edition corrects minor errors, but didn't give any details. http://search.barne