2024-09-26 –, Bradman Theatrette
Germany's use of the Enigma and other cipher machines in WWII created such a volume of encrypted traffic that it drove the allies to accelerate the development of computing. Many view it as part of the very foundations of our industry today.
Most machines were intentionally destroyed, and its compromise kept secret for thirty years - so very few people ever get to see this technology actually working.
In this talk we'll have a short look at the initial design and development of Enigma, then dive in. First a live demo of a German 3 rotor Enigma, configured with the help of WWII codebooks. Then we'll switch to an interoperable pair of Swiss Enigmas to demo the end-end crypto process across a set of machines.
Don't miss this *** extraordinarily rare *** opportunity to see this tech up close and working, and get a better handle on the origins of cyber.
Mike worked in IT for decades, the last dozen or so years in cyber security. He's now looking at building a cyber / espionage museum in Australia that will become a historical resource for the cyber industry and help us explain the value and relevance of our work to the wider public.