The secret about encryption: Rubin magazine reveals tricks!
The secret about encryption: Rubin magazine reveals tricks!
Bochum, Deutschland - On June 2, 2025, a latest edition of the Rubin science magazine will be released, which deals intensively with the topic of secrets. The output focuses on preserving, sharing, protecting and encrypting secrets that can be both powerful and lead to uncertainty and isolation. The article addresses the challenges that can arise when sharing secrets, especially in the context of incurable diseases, and illuminates the risk of unwanted revelation of secrets, for example by careless choice of words.
Special attention is paid to various methods of encryption developed over the centuries. Historical techniques such as blitting plates and cipher discs up to modern applications such as cookies and quantum points show the development and change in the procedures for the secrecy of information. Rubin offers its readers to order the printed edition with a focus on "secret" free of charge by email as long as stocks last. All items are also freely available online.
cryptology in the focus
cryptology is a discipline that includes the encryption of messages and data on confidentiality and has been used since the invention of the writing. This topic has crossed human history, from ancient Egyptian application to the strategic possible uses in ancient Greece and Rome as well as in the world wars. Developments in the digital world have further shaped this discipline, especially with the invention of the first computer and the modern cryptographic processes.
Historical cryptology not only examines encrypted texts, but also the methodological and decryption methods as well as the development of cryptographic devices. At the latest since the opening of the permanent exhibition "Bild-Schrift-Code" in the German Museum in 2022, which presented an extensive cryptological collection, the interest in this topic has been re-sparked. As part of the BMBF project "3D-CIPHER", 60 historical cipher devices are currently analyzed using industrial CT scanners to provide comprehensive data for research and mediation purposes.
The evolution of encryption
The history of cryptography can be divided into three basic periods: hand encryption, the use of special machines and computer -based cryptography. Well-known historical systems include the Caesar encryption and the skytale of the ancient Greeks. Important progress in cryptological science was also made by scientists from the Arab world between 500 and 1400 AD.
In the past centuries, numerous figures contributed to the further development of cryptography. Al-Kindī described the first statistical methods for crypto analysis, while the Renaissance with inventions such as the encryption disc by Leon Battista Alberti primarily revolutionized the exchange of secrets. Developments in modern cryptography, in particular the transition to computer -based encryption since around 1970, outline the historical framework of this fascinating discipline up to current quantum cryptography that uses quantum mechanical effects for safe communication.
The continuing progress and challenges in cryptology are reflected not only in history, but also in current technology currents, which are more dependent on the protection of sensitive information. This makes dealing with secrets and their safe handling a current and relevant topic, which is extensively treated in the new edition of Rubin.
For more information on the topics of the edition and the historical aspects of cryptography, it is advisable to read the articles comprehensively.
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