Inhoudsopgave
Hoe werd de codeermachine van de Duitsers in de Tweede Wereldoorlog door de Engelsen genoemd?
De Schlüsselmaschine E, ook wel bekend als de Cypher Machine E, is vooral bekend als de Enigma.
Welke wetenschapper kraakte Enigma code?
In de film ‘The Imitation Game’ speelt Benedict Cumberbatch de eigenaardige wiskundige Alan Turing, die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog essentieel was voor het kraken van de Duitse Enigmacodes. Een rol die hij met verve speelt in een eerbetoon aan de oorlogsheld. Alan Turing.
What is the Enigma code and how does it work?
The Enigma Code is a cipher generated by something called the Enigma Machine. The Enigma Machine played a crucial part in communication among the Nazi forces during World War II. It was used to encrypt highly classified messages, which were then transmitted over thousands of miles to the Nazi forces at the front using Morse code.
What made the Enigma machine so difficult to crack?
The complexity of the Enigma Machine is what made the infamous Code so difficult to crack. Using the rotors alone still produced 17,576 possible solutions, let alone the huge number produced when the further encryption level of the plug board was considered.
How did Turing solve the Enigma code?
Well, the Enigma wasn’t perfect, and contained one flaw which was exploited by Turing in order to solve the code. He did this by building a giant machine called the Bombe, which essentially worked backwards through the Enigma Machine coding process in order to determine how the machine was set each day.
How to set up the Enigma simulator?
To prepare the Enigma Simulator for use, we need to adjust the internal settings (the so-called “key”) as agreed between the sender and recipient. To set the key, we must select the proper reflector, the rotors and their order, adjust the ring setting of the rotors, insert plugs on the plugboard and set the machine in its start position.