Saturday, July 17, 2010

The History of Encryption and Ciphers

This article written by Michael L. David discusses the history of encryption and makes the following reference to the Batcomputer:

If all this sounds confusing don't worry that's the point of cipher! The prime numbers used in software encryptions are hundreds of digits long. Making it dramatically more secure and difficult for someone to try and discover how the code can be broken. It would take the Bat computer, Professor Dumbledore and a legion of Scooby's to break a PKE cipher.

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