Kerckhoffs' history and principles of military cryptography, translated and adnotated. | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski - 1 views
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kims46 on 01 Oct 15This is a cryptography blogger's translation of Kerckhoff's article about military cryptography. He denotes that secret methods of communication are limited to higher officers due to potential leakage; but by limiting cryptographic use, are they potentially putting at risk the safety of lesser positions in order to keep the secrecy of their cipher methods? Is this just the inevitable nature of cryptography in general?