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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
Claude E. Shannon, 1949. Bell System Technical Journal 28(4): 656–715.
Shannon's mathematical theory of secrecy systems, which treats cryptography as a problem in communication theory and introduces ideas such as unicity distance.
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The book uses Shannon's unicity distance to estimate how much ciphertext is needed before only one key yields plausible Latin.
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SRCThe book, version 2.0
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Shannon, C. E. (1949). Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems. Bell System Technical Journal, 28(4), 656–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1949.tb00928.x
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Shannon, Claude E.. “Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems.” Bell System Technical Journal 28, no. 4 (1949): 656–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1949.tb00928.x.