is the Enigm decodeing devices still used today...if so for what and where????
2007-05-27 07:47:59 · 8 answers · asked by Nece p 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
By now they have to be obsolete.
2007-05-27 07:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by Micah T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was training in the HMS Navy, we would be given this piece of equipment more as a way of showing how it worked and basically the skill that truly went into breaking the codes. It is obsolete now of course but when you see this tiny piece of equipment and realise just how it worked etc you then can view code breaking from a totally different angle.
We was also taught how to read send and decipher Morse code along with reading flags etc not much use but certainly a good lesson in the development of this type of equipment.
Regards
2007-05-27 15:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by candy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would it be? It was used by the Pole's beginning in 1929 to break German messages, until they cloned the device. The Pole's turned over their codes to the allies. It probably has not been used since the 1940's!
2007-05-27 14:54:35 · answer #3 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes as a show piece in museums. Crypto equipment went digital back in the late 60s. Find a copy of the book "The Puzzle Palace" its about the National Security Agency and it tells all about that kind of stuff.
2007-05-27 14:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by RomeoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Enigma" device is long obsolete. But it was a key component in develpoing code and code breaking techniquies we use now. here is a good link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
2007-05-27 14:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by Tincan Navy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Enigma code was broken during WWII
2007-05-27 14:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. Supercomputers allow more sophisticated codes. For their day, they were amazing, but Bletchley Park broke them.
2007-05-27 14:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no the enigma is not being used it was discontinued being used when ww2 ended.
2007-05-30 06:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by atlantismeditation@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋