A Whirlwind History of Cryptography
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
This presentation provides an overview of cryptography starting with the Spartan Scytale used extensively during the Peloponnesian wars up through present day. Cryptography and cryptanalysis developed side by side in arms race. Algorithm development stagnated pending cracking. Once a method of crypto was cracked, development took off. Cryptography and cryptanalysis drove developments in math, linguistics, information theory, and quantum theory, and pushed development of the first computers.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1671059
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--20-27790
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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