Code Breaking in the Pacific

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Donovan, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Mack, John (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Computer security.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Coding theory.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computers.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Data Encryption.; Coding and Information Theory.; Math Applications in Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Systems and Data Security.

This book reveals the historical context and the evolution of the technically complex Allied Signals Intelligence (Sigint) activity against Japan from 1920 to 1945. It traces the all-important genesis and development of the cryptanalytic techniques used to break the main Japanese Navy code (JN-25) a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Communications and Sigint
• Japanese Expansion 1895-1941
• The GCCS 1919-1941
• William Friedman and the US Army
• Early American Naval Sigint
• Developments in Australia
• Preparedness for Attack?- Major Technical Encryption Systems
• JN-25 and its Cryptanalysis
• Using Common Book Groups
• Recovery of a Code Book
• Breaking Additive Systems
• Making Additive Systems Secure
• Redundant Encryption
• The Scanning Distribution
• Ciphers and the Submarines
• Central Bureau 1942-1945
• Organisation and Reorganisation
• Security, Censorship and Leaks
• Conclusion
• From Pearl Harbor to Midway
• Guadalcanal and Papua
• Rabaul and the Philippines.