[Cryptology] [The Cryptology Independent Study Project] The Codebreakers: Project 12.0

[The Cryptology Independent Study Project]

http://cryptology.dod.net/index.php?/archives/23-The-Codebreakers-Project-12.0.html

Read chapter twelve “Two Americans.”  Pay attention to pages 374-383, which talks about the achievements of William Friedman including the famous “The Index of Coincidence and Its Applications in Cryptanalysis.”  This publication is especially important as it applies probability and statistics to the process of cryptanalysis.  Takes about 2 hours to read.

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