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The art of cryptography has been around since the human race first communicated in written form. In its earliest form, cryptography, or encryption, involved taking written notes and applying a mathematical process to it to make the message unreadable. In this chapter we will explore a brief history of cryptography through the ages up to modern day.
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Haunts, S. (2019). A Brief History of Cryptography. In: Applied Cryptography in .NET and Azure Key Vault. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4375-6_2
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