23 Dec
2015
23 Dec
'15
4:57 p.m.
John Young wrote:
NSA Museum Library has provided "Hagelin M-209 Cryptanalysis from Ciphertext Alone," Reeds, Ritchie, Morris, 1978.
https://cryptome.org/2015/12/ReedsTheHagelinCipherBellLabs1978.pdf <https://t.co/MbE5UNMtzb>
NSA would not release it under FOIA, claiming it was a private paper.
Back story:
"...small strange junk stores in lower Manhattan..."
Canal Street's electronic surplus stores ,where the smart ham radio operators shopped for dirt cheap Collins transmitters and other 'stuff'... including, it seems, cipher generators. -- RR "You might want to ask an expert about that - I just fiddled around with mine until it worked..."