[h3]Enigma machine spotted on eBay
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[/span] [br clear="all"] [/p]Wow -- an online auction for what appears to be a legit [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine"]Enigma machine[/a]. As the Wikipedia entry explains: [/p] [blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"] In the [a title="History of cryptography" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/History_of_cryptography"]history of cryptography[/a], the Enigma was a portable [a title="Cipher" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/Cipher"]cipher[/a] [a title="Machine" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/Machine"]machine[/a] used to [a title="Encryption" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/Encryption"]encrypt[/a] and decrypt secret messages. More precisely, Enigma was a family of related electro-mechanical [a title="Rotor machine" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/Rotor_machine"]rotor machines[/a] — comprising a variety of different models.The Enigma was used commercially from the early 1920s on, and was also adopted by the military and governmental services of a number of nations — most famously by [a title="Nazi Germany" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/Nazi_Germany"]Nazi Germany[/a] before and during [a title="World War II" href="vny!://boingboing.net/wiki/World_War_II"]World War II[/a]. [/p][/blockquote] [a href="vny!://cgi.ebay.de/Enigma-3-Walzen-Chiffriermaschine-Chiper-Weltkrieg-1941_W0QQitemZ6265092168QQcategoryZ40820QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Link[/a] to auction for "Enigma 3 Walzen Chiffriermaschine Chiper Weltkrieg 1941." Which, in case you're wondering, is said to be "ORIGINAL!!! KEIN NACHBAU!!! VOLL FUNKTIONSTÜCHTIG!!!!" If my math's right, bidding is around US$12K right now.
[a href="vny!://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6265092168&ruvny!%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D6265092168%26fvi%3D1"]Here's the english version[/a] of the enigma machine on ebay...a little easier to understand!
