Alphabet mapping systemSourceWikipedia Operation Every morning Enigma operators in German forces across the globe turn their rotors to the combination mentioned inEnigma's Secrets How it Worked and How the Code was Broken By way of introduction, see the Historical Background to Enigma and the Key Players Involved The Working Principle The Enigma machine basically provided a simple substitution of a plaintext symbol with a different ciphertext symbol generated by the machine What made the machine special however was that The Enigma machine is a complicated apparatus consisting of a keyboard, a set of rotors, an alphabet ring, and plug connections, all configurable by the operator For the message to be both encrypted and decrypted, both operators had to know two sets of codes A daily base code, changed every 24 hours, was published monthly by the Germans
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