Unlocking the U.S. Army's M-94 Cylinder Cipher: A Powerful Battlefield Encryption Tool 🔐

Discover how the U.S. Army and Navy used the M-94 cylinder cipher for secure communication on the battlefield. Learn its mechanics and cryptographic significance in this detailed explanation.

Unlocking the U.S. Army's M-94 Cylinder Cipher: A Powerful Battlefield Encryption Tool 🔐
Cryptography for Everybody
2.5K views • Aug 7, 2020
Unlocking the U.S. Army's M-94 Cylinder Cipher: A Powerful Battlefield Encryption Tool 🔐

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In this video, we explain the M-94 cylinder cipher device, which was used by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy.

First, we give a short introduction of the history of disc ciphers. After that, we explain how the M-94 cipher device is used. After that, we discuss the keyspace size of the M-94. Finally, we show how to use the cylinder cipher component in CrypTool 2 to encrypt and decrypted messages using the M-94 cipher.

If you are interested in learning the basics of cryptology, you should also have a look at our video series about basics of cryptology – also for beginners: https://youtu.be/jbumW7Ym03o

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