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The ADFGX cryptograhic system, invented by Fritz Nebel, was introduced by Germany during World War I on March 5, 1918. The names ADFGX and ADFGVX for the successor system refer to the use of only five (and later six) letters A, D, F, G, (V,) X in the ciphertext alphabet. Kahn [KA] suggests that these letters were chosen because differences in Morse Internaltional symbols
A •- | D -•• | F ••-• |
G --• | V •••- | X -••- |
aided the prevent misindentificationi due to transmission noise.
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Konheim, A.G. (1985). Cryptanalysis of Adfgvx Encipherment Systems. In: Blakley, G.R., Chaum, D. (eds) Advances in Cryptology. CRYPTO 1984. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 196. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39568-7_26
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