The papal cipher section in the early nineteenth century
In the early 19th century, papal cryptography was moribund. The pope's Secretariat maintained a small cipher section, but this unit was sadly neglected. It shunned cryptanalysis, and limited itself to handling the few secret communications that passed between the Vatican and its diplomatic repr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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1993
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| In: |
Cryptologia
Year: 1993, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-224 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pope
/ Nuntiature
/ Cipher
/ History 1800-1850
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| Further subjects: | B
Papacy
B ciphers B Cryptography |
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| Summary: | In the early 19th century, papal cryptography was moribund. The pope's Secretariat maintained a small cipher section, but this unit was sadly neglected. It shunned cryptanalysis, and limited itself to handling the few secret communications that passed between the Vatican and its diplomatic representative abroad. Papal ciphers were simple, and provided only modest security. |
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| ISSN: | 1558-1586 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cryptologia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0161-119391867881 |