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Distributed computing cracks Enigma code
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| 2/27/06
| Graeme Wearden
Posted on 02/27/2006 3:51:57 PM PST by SirTaurus
The M4 Project began in early January, as an attempt to break three original Enigma messages that were intercepted in 1942 and are thought never to have been broken by the Allied forces.
These messages were encrypted using a four-rotor Enigma. That version was considered by Germany to be completely unbreakable, as it could be set up in any one of a vast number of ways (2 times 10 to the 145th power), each of which would encrypt a plain text message differently.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alanturing; code; computing; cracks; distributed; enigma; enigmacode; hutsix
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interesting I thjought ..imagine the power of a distributed FREEP
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:51:59 PM PST
by
SirTaurus
To: SirTaurus
So what did the messages say?
To: soccer_maniac
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:54:54 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: SirTaurus; All
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:55:00 PM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: Mount Athos
There were three messages and each was different
Message 1
Roosevelt sucks
Message 2
Leave the gun, take the strudel
Message 3
All your base are belong to us
Well, you asked....
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:56:29 PM PST
by
Phsstpok
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
To: Mount Athos
and the answer is:
The translation of the message is as follows:
Radio signal 1851/19/252: "F T 1132/19 contents: Forced to submerge during attack. Depth charges. Last enemy position 0830h AJ 9863, (course]) 220 degrees, (speed) 8 knots. (I am) following (the enemy). (Barometer) falls 14 mb, (wind) nor-nor-east, (force) 4, visibility 10 (nautical miles)."
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:56:44 PM PST
by
SirTaurus
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)
To: Mount Athos
"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:56:48 PM PST
by
Mr. Lucky
To: Mount Athos
So what did the messages say?Radio signal 1851/19/252: "F T 1132/19 contents: Forced to submerge during attack. Depth charges.
Last enemy position 0830h AJ 9863, (course]) 220 degrees, (speed) 8 knots. (I am) following (the enemy).
(Barometer) falls 14 mb, (wind) nor-nor-east, (force) 4, visibility 10 (nautical miles)."
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:57:11 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Petronski
Ha ha ha ha GOOD ONE! From A Christmas Story
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:58:22 PM PST
by
buffyt
(America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. Pres. George Bush)
To: Mount Athos
Achtung! Auf Wiedersehen und danke für die fisch...
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posted on
02/27/2006 3:58:32 PM PST
by
null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
To: Mount Athos
So what did the messages say?All your base are belong to us!
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:01:04 PM PST
by
Jambe
( Save the Cows ! -- Eat a Vegan !!!)
To: Mount Athos
"How do you spell enigma again?"
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:02:34 PM PST
by
xcamel
(One should hope Global Dumbing is reversible.)
To: Jambe
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:02:48 PM PST
by
Jambe
( Save the Cows ! -- Eat a Vegan !!!)
To: Jambe
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:02:51 PM PST
by
Jambe
( Save the Cows ! -- Eat a Vegan !!!)
To: buffyt; Petronski; darkwing104
I was very worried that we might lose WWII. Can we now declare that we won?
To: Mount Athos
So what did the messages say? We stuned them with our beebers.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:04:42 PM PST
by
builder
(I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
To: SirTaurus
The enigma was an absolute wonder.
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:05:15 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: darkwing104
"Radio signal 1851/19/252: "F T 1132/19 "
Wonder which sub it was that sent it? Right out of "Das Boot"
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:06:43 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: spetznaz
follow the source link and cnet has some real nice images of the beast
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posted on
02/27/2006 4:07:02 PM PST
by
SirTaurus
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)
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