DocumentCode
1455089
Title
The US Navy´s first online crypto system
Author
Doyle, Robert
Volume
23
Issue
1
fYear
2001
Firstpage
17
Lastpage
21
Abstract
Describes how, in 1950, four officers and four enlisted men were ordered to a school at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC, USA, where they were to learn about a system that would automatically and instantaneously encrypt and decrypt facsimile transmissions over long-distance high-frequency radio paths. Initially, the project was called Facsimile Applique´ Equipment, but later it was known as the AFSAX 500 Program
Keywords
cryptography; facsimile; history; military communication; military computing; online operation; radiocommunication; AFSAX 500 Program; Facsimile Applique Equipment; Naval Research Laboratory; US Navy; facsimile transmission decryption; facsimile transmission encryption; long-distance high-frequency radio paths; online cryptography system; Coils; Cryptography; Facsimile; Flywheels; Frequency; Gears; Integrated circuit technology; Switches; Switching circuits; Teeth;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.910846
Filename
910846
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