60 Years of Cryptography, 1949-2009 104
Dan Jones writes "2009 marks 60 years since the advent of modern cryptography. It was back in October 1949 when mathematician Claude Shannon published a paper on Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems. According to his employer at the time, Bell Labs, the work transformed cryptography from an art to a science and is generally considered the foundation of modern cryptography. Since then significant developments in secure communications have continued, particularly with the advent of the Internet and Web. CIO has a pictorial representation of the past six decades of research and development in encryption technology. Highlights include the design of the first quantum cryptography protocol by Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard in 1984, and the EFF's 'Deep Crack' DES code breaker of 1998."
Re:Can we have an article please? (Score:2, Funny)
Well, all slashdot readers have probably read The Code Book [simonsingh.net] by Simon Singh years ago. No article is needed at this point, nothing new here.
Uncrackable encryption (Score:2, Funny)
I have developed my own uncrackable form of encryption, the only downside being that it takes a long time. The process basically involves saving my data to a Linux filesystem, and then waiting until the OS inevitably corrupts itself beyond compare. Hey presto, encrypted data!
Re:Shaministic? (Score:3, Funny)
Not shaministic - its called requirements analysis.
Take customer/manager, listen to their random and usually contradictory utterances and rearrange into something approaching a set of system requirements.
Re:Mention of Enigma (Score:3, Funny)
That's SO gay.