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Author: Dunin, Elonka
ISBN: 9781718502727

by Elonka Dunin; Klaus Schmeh

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From the publisher

If you liked Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code--or want to solve similarly baffling cyphers yourself--this is the book for you!

A thrilling exploration of history's most vexing codes and ciphers that uses hands-on exercises to teach you the most popular historical encryption schemes and techniques for breaking them.

Solve history's most hidden secrets alongside expert codebreakers Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh, as they guide you through the world of encrypted texts. With a focus on cracking real-world document encryptions--including some crime-based coded mysteries that remain unsolved--you'll be introduced to the free computer software that professional cryptographers use, helping you build your skills with state-of-the art tools. You'll also be inspired by thrilling success stories, like how the first three parts of Kryptos were broken.

Each chapter introduces you to a specific cryptanalysis technique, and presents factual examples of text encrypted using that scheme--from modern postcards to 19-century newspaper ads, war-time telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and even entire books written in code. Along the way, you'll work on NSA-developed challenges, detect and break a Caesar cipher, crack an encrypted journal from the movie The Prestige, and much more.

You'll learn:

How to crack simple substitution, polyalphabetic, and transposition ciphers
How to use free online cryptanalysis software, like CrypTool 2, to aid your analysis
How to identify clues and patterns to figure out what encryption scheme is being used
How to encrypt your own emails and secret messages

Codebreaking is the most up-to-date resource on cryptanalysis published since World War II--essential for modern forensic codebreakers, and designed to help amateurs unlock some of history's greatest mysteries.

Details

Title Codebreaking: A Practical Guide
Author Elonka Dunin; Klaus Schmeh
Binding Paperback
Pages 488
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher No Starch Press
Publication date 2023-09-19
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781718502727 / 1718502729
Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
Dimensions 9.21 x 7.01 x 1.1 in (23.39 x 17.81 x 2.79 cm)
Category Business / Economics / Finance
Library of Congress subjects Cryptography, Ciphers
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2023002094
Dewey Decimal Code 652.8

About the author

Elonka Dunin is an experienced crypto expert and maintains a list of the world's most famous unsolved codes on her elonka.com website. Bestselling author Dan Brown even named one of the characters in his Da Vinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol, after her: "Nola Kaye" is a scrambled form of "Elonka." She is co-founder and co-leader of a group of cryptographers who are working hard to crack the final cipher on the famous Kryptos sculpture at CIA Headquarters, and in 2021 she was invited to give the TEDx talk "2,000 Years of Ordinary Secrets."

Klaus Schmeh is the most-published cryptology author in the world. He has written 15 books (in German) about the subject, as well as over 200 articles, 25 scientific papers, and 1,500 blog posts. He is a member of the editorial board of the scientific magazine, Cryptologia. Schmeh's main fields of interest are codebreaking and the history of encryption. His blog Cipherbrain is read by crypto enthusiasts all over the world. Schmeh is a popular speaker, known for his entertaining presentation style involving self-drawn cartoons and LEGO(R) models.

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