-Caveat Lector- NOVA Presents "Decoding Nazi Secrets" http://www.pbs.org/nova/decoding/ Web site premiere: November 5, 1999 Broadcast: November 9, 1999 (NOVA usually airs Tuesday nights at 9 pm. Check your local listings.) Explore the companion Web site to "Decoding Nazi Secrets," a two-hour NOVA special that chronicles how the Allies succeeded in cracking the infamous German message-coding machine, the Enigma. The program is scheduled for broadcast on November 9, 1999. Here's what you'll find online: Crack the Ciphers Jim Gillogly, who has been called "arguably the best non-government cryptanalyst in the U.S." in the field of classical (historical) cryptosystems, offers three World War II-style ciphers of different levels of difficulty for viewers to try to break over a two-week period (Nov. 5-19). Send a Coded Message (Hot Science) Manipulate an online version of an Enigma-like machine to encode your own message, then e-mail that message to a friend with instructions on how to decode it using a secret key. A Simple Cipher (Hot Science) Learn some of the tricks codebreakers use to solve ciphers, then use your new talents to make sense of what looks like a bunch of gibberish. Are Web Transactions Safe? Secret codes are not just for spies; they protect your online credit-card purchases, for instance. This feature looks at all the ways encryption affects you, with a special emphasis on the Internet. Mind of a Codebreaker Led by Alan Turing, inventor of the computer, the codebreakers of Bletchley Park were a brilliant, quirky bunch who broke the Enigma in large part by learning to think like the German codemakers themselves. How the Enigma Works The Enigma looks roughly like a typewriter, but it is infinitely more complex, with fully 17,576 ring settings for each of 60 possible wheel orders -- and that is just to set it up for use. Plus Resources and a Teacher's Guide. * * * * * * * * Thank you for visiting NOVA Online. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback, sent either to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or from our Feedback page at: http://www.pbs.org/nova/postnovafeedback.html We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
