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RE:Iran a big zero
by balaord on Apr 30, 2008 05:23 AM

It can only be called a SAD IRONY -Muslims who laid the foundations of cryptoanalysis now stand accused of not contributing to internet.Probably the whole internet business it self wouldnt be here if it is not for cryptograpgy and cryptoanalysis.

Internationally Known Author and Cryptoanalyst Simon Singh in his latest
Newyork Times best seller - The Code Book - explains this in detail

It says the following

....However, in addition to employing ciphers, the Arab scholars were also capable of destroying ciphers. They in fact invented cryptanalysis....

Review of this book on leading magazines

telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2000/10/05/ecfcode05.xml

query.nytimes.com/gst/fu llpage.html?res=9E02E7DA1138F934A35752C1A96F958260

The excerpts of his book and the chapter Arab Cryptoanalysis is in the public forum

iang.org/crypto_fiction/singh_the_arab_cryptanalysts.html

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