While cryptography is almost as old as writing, its earliest applications were rather trivial and relatively easily broken via statistical analysis, as Al-Kindi proved in the VIIIth century. Modern ciphers deceive statistical analysis thanks to complex algorithms and ciphering keys. The very first concept of these can be found in a 1466 manuscript by Leon Battista Alberti, the importance of which was for many years overlooked. This paper focuses on the work by Alberti and its impact, within the framework of a brief and necessarily incomplete history of cryptography.
The roots of modern cryptography: Leon Battista Alberti's "De Cifris" / Selleri, Stefano. - In: THE RADIO SCIENCE BULLETIN. - ISSN 1024-4530. - ELETTRONICO. - 2020:(2020), pp. 55-63. [10.23919/URSIRSB.2020.9663133]
The roots of modern cryptography: Leon Battista Alberti's "De Cifris"
Selleri, Stefano
2020
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While cryptography is almost as old as writing, its earliest applications were rather trivial and relatively easily broken via statistical analysis, as Al-Kindi proved in the VIIIth century. Modern ciphers deceive statistical analysis thanks to complex algorithms and ciphering keys. The very first concept of these can be found in a 1466 manuscript by Leon Battista Alberti, the importance of which was for many years overlooked. This paper focuses on the work by Alberti and its impact, within the framework of a brief and necessarily incomplete history of cryptography.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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