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by earthscienceman 2850 days ago
In case anyone else knows little about the history of cryptography or who these names are, here's some relevant information.

Here's the paper that started it all:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00196791

And a WSJ article describing the atmosphere in more detail:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-eureka-moment-that-made-bit...