How did Alan Turing break the Enigma code using the hint given by the lady in the bar?
"Heil Hitler"....how can these two words help in breaking the most sophisticated machine of that time in The Imitation Game (2014)?
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The actual decryption was very complex but Bletchley Park was given a BIG clue because...
To aid this process, all Turing needed was a word (or a group of words) that he was positive the Germans would use in each of their Enigma-encrypted messages. What was that word, or rather, that phrase?
‘Heil Hitler’
Germans put the phrase ‘Heil Hitler’ at the end of every encrypted message. This seemingly small mistake eventually contributed to their ultimate defeat.
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How did Alan break the Enigma code?
With the help of captured Enigma material, and Turing's work in developing a technique he called 'Banburismus', the naval Enigma messages were able to be read from 1941. He headed the 'Hut 8' team at Bletchley, which carried out cryptanalysis of all German naval signals.Who actually cracked the Enigma code?
Bletchley Park is to celebrate the work of three Polish mathematicians who cracked the German Enigma code in World War II. Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy R\xf3\u017cycki will be remembered in a talk on Sunday at the park's annual Polish Day.The Imitation Game : Alan Turing Cracked the Enigma Code
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