The undisclosed history of the Dutch governmental telex-message security 1945-1960

The information behind the Dutch governmental telex message security 1945-1960 was stored in private hidden archives, our national General Intelligence and Security Service and the National Archive. Therefore, it became unknow information. The article describes the reasons behind the need for a nati...

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Published inCryptologia Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 506 - 518
Main Author Oberman, M. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Point Taylor & Francis 01.11.2024
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Archives & records
Claude Shannon
Cold War
Dutch history
Ecolex
Industrial development
Messages
Oberman
one time pad
Politics
Security
Signal Corps
World War II
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ISSN0161-1194
1558-1586
DOI10.1080/01611194.2023.2258877

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Summary:The information behind the Dutch governmental telex message security 1945-1960 was stored in private hidden archives, our national General Intelligence and Security Service and the National Archive. Therefore, it became unknow information. The article describes the reasons behind the need for a national developed secure cryptosystem. But also, the obstacles and politics behind the developing and the producing of the OTP-systems at the national PTT for the Ministry of Foreign affairs and the Royal Dutch Navy. It also reveals the politics to transfer the subject cryptography to the national IT industry: Philips, which became the start of the commercial crypto industry in the Netherlands in 1957.
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ISSN:0161-1194
1558-1586
DOI:10.1080/01611194.2023.2258877