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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Subject: Re: Crypto-history
Message-ID: <py+hrfn@lynx.unm.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 05:22:10 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <hebrais.07vh@mirkwood.CAM.ORG> hebrais@mirkwood.CAM.ORG
(Philippe Hebrais) writes:

>If you have any information on the early contributors to cryptography
>or interesting anecdotes, feel free to post them.

Most good libraries will have a copy of Kahn's "The Codebreakers".  It's
widely considered _the_ classic work.  Joe Bob says check it out, although
you may need a library card to do that.

						d



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