Steganography & covert communications - Between Silk andCyanide

Ben Laurie ben at algroup.co.uk
Fri Jan 4 14:10:23 EST 2002


Matt Crawford wrote:
> 
> > David Honig wrote:
> > > Unbeknown to the latter, Marks had already cracked General de Gaulle's
> > > private cypher in a spare moment on the lavatory. -from the obit of Leo
> > > Marks, cryptographer
> >
> > But this was because it was, in fact, one of his own ciphers.
> > Cheers,
> > Ben.
> 
> Not one that he invented or approved of, but one that he knew and had
> to work with, yes.

Indeed, it was the cipher he inherited (and spent much time and energy
to have replaced, for excellent reasons).

Cheers,

Ben.

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