štvrtok 15. októbra 2020

Military Ciphers according to cpt. Frybort

Article about military ciphers by cpt. Bedřich Frýbort, in "Vojenský svět", 1937, 11 and 12, vol. V. I. part, pp. 438-9, II.part: pp. 479-80, Title of the article in czech: "Šifrování":




etc...

Content of the article is probably about basic cipher systems used in military exercises in Czechoslovakia.

Member of the group C of cipher solutionists at Czechoslovak HQ of the Ministry of Defence headed by lieutenant colonel Josef RŮŽEK, in czech:"člen šifrové skupiny C HV MNO", according to Porubský, Š.: Application and Misapplication of the Czechoslovak STP cipher during WWII (report on an unpublished manuscript). In: Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications, vol. 70, no. 3, p.47


streda 14. októbra 2020

Miracle over miracles

Title of the article: "Miracle over Miracles", which was published on 15.04.1939, writes about kryptograph by certain danish inventor named Helgermhansen:


Google translate of the article:

Miracle over miracles ...

Copenhagen, Friday. (Stefani.) A young Danish named Helgermhansen invented a machine called a cryptograph, with which one can find the key to each secret cipher. The Danish Ministry of War is studying the machine. The sale of a patent abroad was prohibited.

utorok 13. októbra 2020

Časový tunel do minulosti - kryptografia a inkvizícia

 Program Čs. rozhlasu v Bratislave na 5.12.1932:

Obidve témy, ktoré ma obzvlášť zaujímajú: kryptografie, prednáška prof. Evžena Římana, ktorý napísal prvú brožúrku na toto téma:

a ďalej inkvizičné procesy s kacírmi v stredoveku, prednáška univ. prof. dr. Vratislava Buška, právnika, znalca cirkevného práva a bývalého rektora Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave( v rokoch 1936–1937).

Program:



Uvedené:


Nech sa vám pekne počúva:)

pondelok 5. októbra 2020

Challenge Grille cipher / Flamm's Kryptograph

Flamm's Kryptograph, patented in USA, 1875.

A newspaper article published in the past covers an encrypted message written by the anonymous reader with pseudonym Tekew:

NVRDIEMHNEAT

IRVOAEINFYIU

BRNTTTEHSEUA

FHSEREPEFDRF

OORRMOSVTOHO

EIDFNOTSHTUH

RETRTEEEAMLE

EUGGSTSRIELA

TARIEGTEAMRY

OBSFOUCTTOHT

EMTRPHCOLIIE

XPSIHRTEIEYN




In Slovak:

Odkaz na šifrovanie pomocou Flammovho Kryptografu v slovenčine, Obzor, 1875, s.217-8:

 



Rozlúštenie tejto šifrovanej správy je nasledovné, vďaka čitateľovi s pseudonymom Narga na blogu Klausa Schmeha:

 I HAVE FURTHER PROVED THE UTILITY OF THIS INVENTION IN THE FORM OF THE TELEGRAM BUT TO RENDER IT SAFE FOR SHORT MESSAGES OTHER CIPHER MAY BE USED TO INSURE A GREATER COMPLEXITY

Later on, i found that  the Plaintext of the turning grille cipher challenge was presented in the next answer from reader with initials H. E. A. to Tekew's describing:




(To be continued)