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Re:Show HN: I wrote an Enigma machine emulator for the Web by kakwa_ on Monday September 16, 2019 @05:18PM (#20988676)
I'm probably completely wrong, but the wiring of the rotors makes me vaguely think of S-Boxes in modern algorithms. Not sure if the comparison holds to scrutiny however.
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Re:Show HN: I wrote an Enigma machine emulator for the Web by notfashion on Monday September 16, 2019 @07:10PM (#20989475)
Each rotor implements a permutation of its input terminals. So maybe more like a p-box, but the difference is significant (only two wires in use at a any time, and one is in "reverse") so probably just thinking of it as a permutation is better.
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