The decryption of the messages encrypted with Enigma provided for almost the whole of the Second World War very important information to the allied forces.
The September 3 the Naval Technical Museum of La Spezia has organized a conference on the Enigma cipher machine, with the collaboration of the Rover Joe association and many fans. After a brief summary on cryptography in history, the story of Enigma and its functioning was presented, with a practical demonstration of encryption.
The conference is part of the promotional activities of the exhibition on military ciphers that will be inaugurated at the Naval Technical Museum on 26 September, within the European Researchers' Night, which will be exposed to the public well 16 declassified military ciphers and 9 reproductions of systems of ancient encryption.
The exhibition will be available until March 2015.
Source: Military Navy
