[GreenKeys] Cryptography

[Craig Sawyers]

Well, Lorenz licensed the Teletype 14 (or Morkrum-Kleinschmidt, teletype's
predecessors), calling it the Lorenz 14, later improvements of which were
used with the Lorenz German cipher machine SZ42 in WW2 against the allies.
In fact the selectors on the SZ42 are Teletype designed, and all the
securing screws on the cipher unit are US threads.

So the answer is yes - but not in the way that might be expected!

Craig

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Fred Tegge
> Sent: 01 December 2006 01:48
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Cryptography
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> Does anyone have any idea if teletypes were used for
> cryptography in the
> 1940's and 1950's, if so how??
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> Fred Tegge
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