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The NSA’s “Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937–1987)”

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In response to a FOIA request, the NSA released “ Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937-1987),” by Glenn F. Stahly, with a lot of redactions. Weirdly, this is the second time the NSA has declassified the document. John Young got a copy in 2019. This one has a few less …