Posted on 02/27/2006 3:51:57 PM PST by SirTaurus
The M4 Project began in early January, as an attempt to break three original Enigma messages that were intercepted in 1942 and are thought never to have been broken by the Allied forces.
These messages were encrypted using a four-rotor Enigma. That version was considered by Germany to be completely unbreakable, as it could be set up in any one of a vast number of ways (2 times 10 to the 145th power), each of which would encrypt a plain text message differently.
For the full story on Enigma read Stevenson's, "The Man Called Intrepid". Lots of info on Camp X as well as American and Brit wartime intelligence and the French resistence.
There is a bonus story about the Kelso raid on Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen.
LOL you have watched that kid Christmas movie too long.
Youll put your eye out.
If Bush had tried to wiretap the Japanese the Democrats would have wanted his head. It was ok for Roosevelt though . He was a Democrat.
You'll recall that upon the capture of the U-505, we represented that the boat had been scuttled and the crew lost. Even though it was probably required by the Geneva Convention, revealing the names of the German sailors held prisoner would have tipped-off their command that we had captured the boat with the enigma intact.
Wouldn't ya know it would be another $#@%*&%$ commerical!
"Leave the gun, take the strudel."
Excellent.
OK you got me ...I would like to be contributer #279 to the RR folder ...but does the software comsume abnormal resources and does it conflict with corporate VPN and can it be easily toggled off and on?
It consumes whatever portion of free resources you instruct it to consume. I left my at 100%. But the process priority is very low, so that it always yields to whatever other process wants the cycles. You won't notice it.
There is a systray icon, and by right-clicking, you can pause the processing or exit the program.
I cannot imagine how it would interfere with corporate VPN. It uses the internet once to get the work assignment...processes it...and then uses it again to send the work product back.
Be sure if your computer is corporate-owned that you have permission of the proper corporate authority.
That`s it? A crummy commercial?
So what did the messages say?
Hallo Diätetiker. Wie Sie sind. Ich bin fein. Ich hasse ihn hier in Berlin. Das Bier schmeckt wie Hundeurin und der schnitzel Geschmack, wie sie faules Fleisch benutzen.
Well, now that the Enigma code has succumbed to the power of distributed computing, join your fellow Freepers in folding proteins for science--curing Alzheimer's is much more interesting than cracking an obsolete code! ;-) Go here for more info: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1586297/posts
he he he
Hitler is a weenie .... sent by the German general staff to General Eisenhower ...
PING
"Dear Adolph:
Whatever you do, don't invade Russia.
Sincerely, Fritz"
Had to submerge,depth charges, enemy last position.
"Not much fun in Stalingrad, Mr. Hilter."
"Click here to renew your license for another year."
-PJ
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