Monday, November 19, 2012

Enigma machine, due 20 November

What was the most difficult part of the material for you?

I like thinking about all the challenging mechanical problems faced by the code crackers. Today, I would think "hey let's write a program". However, they actually had to build machines that would do this.
What was the most interesting part of the material?

I find it very interesting the vast variety of sources that helped to crack the code in this "real world" example. It was not just a single equation or method. It was a tireless back in forth of finding out more information, implementing it, working hard to brute force some things, coming across another piece of valuable information, etc.

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