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Wrong Design of Cipher Keys: Analysis of Historical Cipher Keys From the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg Used in the Thirty Years’ War

Eugen Antal, Jakub Mírka, 2022. International Conference on Historical Cryptology.

Examines a large set of nomenclator keys from the Thirty Years' War kept at the Hessian State Archive in Marburg, cataloging design features that weaken a key and showing that weakness often comes from several such features together rather than any one.

MYS08HTEHX052AX · mystery · click to copyMVoynich ManuscriptArticledoi: 10.3384/ecp188387Checked against the original0

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Antal, E., & Mírka, J. (2022). Wrong Design of Cipher Keys: Analysis of Historical Cipher Keys From the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg Used in the Thirty Years’ War. International Conference on Historical Cryptology. https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp188387
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