Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World

We study the historical evidences of early cryptography in Ancient World. The constructions and using practices of the most important protocryptographic techniques are analyzed. Basing on these facts, we offer our versions about functions of the pre-scientific ciphers in Ancient World. We also concl...

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Main Author: Sergey Vladimirovich Zapechnikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Joint Stock Company "Experimental Scientific and Production Association SPELS 2014-05-01
Series:Безопасность информационных технологий
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Online Access:https://bit.mephi.ru/index.php/bit/article/view/222
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description We study the historical evidences of early cryptography in Ancient World. The constructions and using practices of the most important protocryptographic techniques are analyzed. Basing on these facts, we offer our versions about functions of the pre-scientific ciphers in Ancient World. We also conclude about their properties and ways of improvement.
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spelling doaj.art-d6b323e6c215455a9d1bfe32bc7d6aa12023-09-02T18:40:06ZengJoint Stock Company "Experimental Scientific and Production Association SPELSБезопасность информационных технологий2074-71282074-71362014-05-01212222Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient WorldSergey Vladimirovich Zapechnikov0National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”We study the historical evidences of early cryptography in Ancient World. The constructions and using practices of the most important protocryptographic techniques are analyzed. Basing on these facts, we offer our versions about functions of the pre-scientific ciphers in Ancient World. We also conclude about their properties and ways of improvement.https://bit.mephi.ru/index.php/bit/article/view/222pre-scientific cryptographysubstitution cipherpermutation cipher
spellingShingle Sergey Vladimirovich Zapechnikov
Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
Безопасность информационных технологий
pre-scientific cryptography
substitution cipher
permutation cipher
title Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
title_full Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
title_fullStr Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
title_full_unstemmed Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
title_short Cryptography and Secret Communications in Ancient World
title_sort cryptography and secret communications in ancient world
topic pre-scientific cryptography
substitution cipher
permutation cipher
url https://bit.mephi.ru/index.php/bit/article/view/222
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