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Re: Enigma, ULTRA

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From: Ross Anderson
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 11:55
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In article <1489@eouk23.eoe.co.uk>, ahaley@eoe.co.uk (Andrew Haley) writes:
 
|> Does anyone know of any technical description in the open literature
|> of the work done at Bletchley Park during WW2?

The book you are looking for is:

	Gordon Welchman, `The Hut Six Story', McGraw-Hill, 1982

Welchman was one of the men who actually broke the Enigma, and he had a 
senior role at GCHQ for years after the war.

I would strongly recommend that anyone with a serious interest in 
cryptology should read his book.

In addition to telling how the Enigma was broken, it is the definitive 
source on the mechanics of production cryptanalysis - running a chain of 
intercept stations, designing and commissioning keysearch machines, 
translating, evaluating and distributing the product, and using 
disinformation to stop the enemy realising what's happening.

Ross
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