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Mr. D'Alo's Cryptography Bookmarks

 Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies
This Website is an online companion to a PBS NOVA TV program that chronicles
the lives and covert activities of the so-called "atomic spies" in the 1940s. 
Learn some of the tricks codebreakers use to solve ciphers.
 Navajo Code Talkers
Contains images that link to pages with the history of the code talkers from the Navajo Nation.
During WWII, it was decided to use Native American language as code in military operations since it had been
done successfully in WWI. 
 Codes and Ciphers in the Second World War
This website discusses cryptanalysis, or code breaking, and its complex process and role in WWII. 
 Enigma and the Code Breakers
This website is an online exhibition that presents information about codes used during wartime to keep issues and plans secret.   Learn how they were used and how the German enigma code was broken during WWII. 
This site takes visitors on a journey of codes and codebreaking from ancient Greece to Bletchley Park.
 Follow the Drinking Gourd
Cryptology has always been part of the fight to preserve freedom.  The secret messages embedded in quilts assisted slaves from the South in their efforts to escape to freedom in the North.  Find out what the "drinking gourd" referes to, and how it came to symbolize liberty and freedom for African Americans.
 Cryptology
Discover the history of cryptology, cryptography and cryptanalysis, and how they differ.  The site teaches that there are many methods to encrypt a message, it mostly deals with ciphers rather than codes.
 The Cryptography Introduction and Guide
This website is designed to help you understan d the basics of cryptography, presenting the main ideas in simple language.  It also provides access to a series of resources to help you apply, and implement cryptographic solutions. 
 The International Association of Cryptologic Research
The IACR is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields.
 Decoding Nazi Secrets
Chronicles how the Allies succeeded in cracking the infamous German message-coding maching, the Enigma.  Visitors will enjoy trying to crack three WWII-style ciphers of different levels of difficulty, manipulate an online version of an Enigma-like machine to encode a personal message, or learn tricks code breadkers use to solve ciphers.

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