University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science
cs150: Computer Science — Spring 2007
cs150 Spring 2007

cs150: Notes 17

Assignments Due

WWII Cryptography Links

The Code Book
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography, by Simon Singh
Highly recommended (mostly) non-technical book on the history of cryptography.
cs588: Cryptography: Principles and Applications
My cryptography course at UVa. Lecture 4 and Lecture 5 provide some more details on Enigma and how it was broken.
Bletchley Park
Website for the Bletchley Park museum, includes a virtual tour. (You can also see my Bletchley Park pictures.)
WWII Codes and Ciphers
Tony Sale's site on WWII cryptography.
Alan Turing
Web page on Alan Turing developed by Andrew Hodges