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Benjamin Franklin once said, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead." There is some truth to that thought, but when there is a need to transmit secret information from one person to another, communication will undoubtedly be via a cryptosystem. In this second in the series of "Espionage Black Books," former government intelligence officer Dr Henry Prunckun explains what codes and ciphers are, how they are created, and how they can be broken. These fascinating details lead to a discussion about so-called unbreakable ciphers, and whether they can survive future attacks by quantum computers and sophisticated search algorithms.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Benjamin Franklin once said, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead." There is some truth to that thought, but when there is a need to transmit secret information from one person to another, communication will undoubtedly be via a cryptosystem. In this second in the series of "Espionage Black Books," former government intelligence officer Dr Henry Prunckun explains what codes and ciphers are, how they are created, and how they can be broken. These fascinating details lead to a discussion about so-called unbreakable ciphers, and whether they can survive future attacks by quantum computers and sophisticated search algorithms.
Autorenporträt
Dr Henry W Prunckun is a former Australian government intelligence officer who spent much of his career in various operational fields, including security, investigation, and counterterrorism. He also served for over a decade as a research criminologist at Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, specializing in the study of transnational crime-espionage, terrorism, drugs and arms trafficking, as well as cyber-crime.