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Fwd: New William Friedman Crypto Patent (filed in 1933)



From: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: New William Friedman Crypto Patent (filed in 1933)
Message-ID: <ed5hosoqrkd3f4fn26pcp4nslj0114u39u@4ax.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:42:24 -0500

William Friedman filed a patent application for an Enigma-like
encryption device in 1933.  The Patent Office awarded the patent this
month:

	http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US06097812__&s_all=1

Bruce 
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