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British cipher machine
Typex was the primary cipher machine used by the British military during World War II, and into the early Cold War. Based on the commercial Enigma, it was significantly enhanced to increase its security, providing robust encrypted military and government communications from 1937 throughout the late 1950s. New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries continued to use Typex until the early 1970s. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: TypexA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: RembrandtThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: MammalianX-chromosomes: A new kind of composite-typeX in the voleArvicola scherman exitus millerCited 5 times
- Go sideways: Combined Cipher MachineA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Enigma machineA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
RembrandtTypex · 2013
La Cruda 7Pep Brocal, Brecht Evens · 2016
AndyTypex · 2018
Typex' RembrandtTypex is Raymond Koot · 2013- 📕Typex's AndyTypex · 2018
Typex Typography A Teaching ExperienceHernan Ordonez · 2011- 📕Andy 05 All Tomorrow's PartiesTypex · 2020
Andy, un conte de faitsTypex · 2018
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