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UK code breakers drop Bombe, Enigma and Typex simulators onto the web for all to try

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Explain like I'm five ..

Enigma machines turn text into ciphertext and back again; they were used by the German military, among others, to encrypt and decrypt messages during the Second World War.”

And any WW2 enigma msg can be cracked in minutes using a current desktop computer. What's the difference between ‘rotor ring settings’ and ‘rotor initial value’ ref?

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