Looks like governmentattic.org is down altogether. Here's a mirror of the file: http://cryptome.org/2013/06/NSA-WasntAllMagic_2002.pdf I haven't read through it yet. Marie ______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mariehicks.net | mhicks1@iit.edu | @histoftech On Jun 24, 2013, at 21:08, Janet Abbate <abbate@vt.edu> wrote:
This was posted on Slashdot today:
"The National Security Agency has declassified an eye-opening pre-history of computers used for code-breaking between the 1930s and 1960s. The 344 page report, entitled It Wasn't All Magic: The Early Struggle to Automate Cryptanalysis (pdf), it is available on the Government Attic web site. Government Attic has also just posted a somewhat less declassified NSA compendium from 1993: A Collection of Writings on Traffic Analysis. (pdf)"
When I tried to click on the link I got an error message (not that I really want a file from the NSA on my computer...). Anybody know if this is for real?
Dr. Janet Abbate Associate Professor Science & Technology in Society Virginia Tech www.sts.vt.edu/ncr www.linkedin.com/groups/STS-Virginia-Tech-4565055 www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS
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