DEFINITION • Cryptography is the science of writing in secret code • The earliest documented use began around 2, 000 B. C in Egypt (Hieroglyphics) • Encryption has been used during warfare. Most recently it has been applied to cyber-security. From “An Overview of Cryptography” by Gary C. Kessler, 28 July 2014, http: //www. garykessler. net/library/crypto. html
HISTORY • 1835 -- Samuel Morse invented the Morse Code • 1843 -- Construction of experimental telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore (40 miles) • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=b. No. OYe. S 0 gs 0
HISTORY • 1895 – Changed Cryptology— • Communications were open for anyone’s inspection
TYPES From “An Overview of Cryptography” by Gary C. Kessler, 28 July 2014, http: //www. garykessler. net/library/crypto. html
THE POLYBIUS SQUARE 1 2 3 4 5 1 A B C D E 2 F G H I J 3 K L M N O 4 P Q R S T 5 U V W X Y/Z Ciphertext: 45232444 11 441513431545 32154444112215 Go to http: //www. braingle. com/brainteasers/codes/polybius. php for other types of ciphers
THE ENIGMA MACHINE • The machine was like a typewriter, with the rotor replaced. • It combined substitution and rotation ciphers such that the code was difficult to break. • The machine could decode as well as encoding messages.