This video was a perfect explanation of how to encode and decode the enigma machine. I am trying to recreate an enigma machine in a programming language, and this helped me out greatly. Thank you so much!
Excellent explanation. One comment: Enigma was broken by Marian Rejewski - polish cryptologist in Warsaw in DEC 1932. The Bletchley Park (British codebreakers :-) continued the work and automated decryption.
Well said, Gregorio. It is disappointing to me in the extreme the number of Bletchley documentaries that don't even mention the Poles contribution. Rejewski, Zygalski, and Rozycki deserve to be remembered.
Good little video for explaining the enigma, I highly recommend reading Gordon Welchmans book Inside hut six, one of many men & women whom cracked the enigma. Not only did the enigma have interchangeable non order dependant rotors with hidden movable and independently selectable offsets (a functionality often overlooked). but also interchangeable reflectors further complicating the trace. the plug board also only transferred the scramble as opposed to adding a further layer of encryption and the encoding from the keyboard likewise overlooked the opportunity to add a further layer of scramble instead the letters where cycled abcdef... not a shuffled order.
Thank you so much sir you clear my all doubts but please add ring settings ,Plugboard and reflector settings in this chart too after that we can clearly understand it more better please make a another video on it🙏
Do you have a template where we could print this out? Very interesting looks like it would be a tough code to break for the average person. I’m going to make me one of those and send it to my sons friend see if he can break it
Hello Ricaul, The arrow in the leftmost rotor doesn't initiate any special action. Each strip, or rotor, has an arrow, so you can use the strips in any order.
Videos By Kevin hi kevin. If that is true, then why do we have an arrow in every rotor? They have to mean something, or is it because of the fact thry are interchangeble?
Hello Sir, is the position of the notches of each rotor already predetermined? And also is the reflector just scrambled (like the right side of the rotors)?
Greetings Gandalf, Yes, the notches and wiring on each rotor were predetermined. There were different models of the Enigma machine, some with three rotors, some with five, some with a plug board, but each model used identical interchangeable rotors. What mattered was the order you put them. I hope I have interpreted your question properly. If not, do please let me know. Thank you for watching, Kevin
Greetings James, The sender and receiver would have to agree beforehand on which setting to use. During the war, the Germans sent out sheets showing the daily machine settings for the coming month. Great effort was spent and lives lost trying to obtain a copy of the monthly Maschinenschlüssel without the Germans knowing. Even then, that only gave the Allies the settings for the remainder of the month. Additionally, the German army, air force, and navy (Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, und Kriegsmarine) all issued their own settings, so you can see a more practical solution was direly needed. If you want to see a daily code sheet, perform an image search for "Enigma Maschinenschlüssel".
Think about it for a moment. The reflector takes in a "signal" in one letter and directs it out on the matching letter, so there is only room, or need, for 13 of the 26 letters in the alphabet. Thanks for watching.
Greeting from middle America Bernardo! In the actual Enigma machine, there were three interchangeable reflectors named simply A, B, and C. The Paper Enigma Machine uses reflector A. Thank you for watching, Kevin
I think you can add a plug board to this, using DOG, i added the following to the right of the input/output line, "eh bn is jg pm ad" , just 6, it made it a bit more compilated to do, I have a low IQ, I keep forgetting to go up one every time I input a letter, please feel free to correct me if wrong, this should be it, qhfzl i = enigma ,, I like this one to the pringles one,
You sir, are a lifesaver! I spent hours trying to understand this before I finally found your video!
This video was a perfect explanation of how to encode and decode the enigma machine. I am trying to recreate an enigma machine in a programming language, and this helped me out greatly. Thank you so much!
You made it very simple for me. I watched so much videos, but none of them explained as this simple.
Thank you Manoj,
I'm glad you found it helpful.
Kevin
7:21 this is the most excited way someone said letters to me
You Sir, deserve more likes
Excellent explanation. One comment: Enigma was broken by Marian Rejewski - polish cryptologist in Warsaw in DEC 1932. The Bletchley Park (British codebreakers :-) continued the work and automated decryption.
Well said, Gregorio. It is disappointing to me in the extreme the number of Bletchley documentaries that don't even mention the Poles contribution. Rejewski, Zygalski, and Rozycki deserve to be remembered.
this is making the understanding a LOT more easy.. thx
Hello from India, thanks for the amazing information. It's great to learn it the simplest way. 👍👍
Good little video for explaining the enigma, I highly recommend reading Gordon Welchmans book Inside hut six, one of many men & women whom cracked the enigma.
Not only did the enigma have interchangeable non order dependant rotors with hidden movable and independently selectable offsets (a functionality often overlooked). but also interchangeable reflectors further complicating the trace. the plug board also only transferred the scramble as opposed to adding a further layer of encryption and the encoding from the keyboard likewise overlooked the opportunity to add a further layer of scramble instead the letters where cycled abcdef... not a shuffled order.
Amazing clearly explained the complex topic
Thank you so much sir you clear my all doubts but please add ring settings ,Plugboard and reflector settings in this chart too after that we can clearly understand it more better please make a another video on it🙏
It's a great explaination deciphered in such a simple way thank you
WOW!!! Thank you Kevin!!!
Great explaining . Thanks alot:)
what if the rotor strip finsihes if you have a long sentence
Wow, easy way to understand sir
Thanks sir... U made it lucid to us
Good jop thanks
Thank u sir i have undrstand from u working of enigma machine
Thanks
This is a fun game.
thanks😀
this is the helpest video about enigma machine. i finnaly understand the rotors, but how the rottors work when we use wires?
Thanks, Man! Really helpful!
Great stuff!
Thanks bro
Thanks this is really helpful
It's a bit like a St Cyr slide on steroids! Great stuff - thank you.
You´re just advertising for enigma
Good...it helping me out...thanks dude
Can you make a video explaining the disk cipher, and how does it work?
Why doesn’t the reflector have all the letters on it?
06-05-2024. I discovered that each rotor repeats itself. Top part then again bottom part.
Do you have a template where we could print this out? Very interesting looks like it would be a tough code to break for the average person. I’m going to make me one of those and send it to my sons friend see if he can break it
Ahoy-hoy Radionut, there is a link in the description. Your friend's son has his work cut our for him. Thanks for watching.
Thank you!!
Perfection !
Now add the plug board
why is there no letter "H" in the reflector column? or did i miss something?
Nice One!!!
What I can do after space & starting new word? Can we set machine back to basic setting to encode new word after space?
What happen when ur Key is "ZZZ" for example......there are no letters below...
Superb bro
What happens when the left rotor arrow reaches the top? Do I move the right rotor one notch up?
Hello Ricaul, The arrow in the leftmost rotor doesn't initiate any special action. Each strip, or rotor, has an arrow, so you can use the strips in any order.
Videos By Kevin hi kevin. If that is true, then why do we have an arrow in every rotor? They have to mean something, or is it because of the fact thry are interchangeble?
Videos By Kevin i see ehat you mean now. Thanks.
Is it possible to get a copy of this?
What’s his class? Lol I wanna join by these videos I’m watching from him. :3 seems like a fun class to be in
I have another question. How do the Germans knew which settings will apply today?
Hello Sir, is the position of the notches of each rotor already predetermined? And also is the reflector just scrambled (like the right side of the rotors)?
Greetings Gandalf,
Yes, the notches and wiring on each rotor were predetermined. There were different models of the Enigma machine, some with three rotors, some with five, some with a plug board, but each model used identical interchangeable rotors. What mattered was the order you put them.
I hope I have interpreted your question properly. If not, do please let me know.
Thank you for watching, Kevin
How did you cut those slots in the middle of the paper for the rotors?
You just use a craft knife (or Stanley knife) to cut the slots. I think they call them Exacto Knife in the US.
How does the sender and receiver know what settings to use? How do they send those settings to each other?
Greetings James,
The sender and receiver would have to agree beforehand on which setting to use. During the war, the Germans sent out sheets showing the daily machine settings for the coming month. Great effort was spent and lives lost trying to obtain a copy of the monthly Maschinenschlüssel without the Germans knowing. Even then, that only gave the Allies the settings for the remainder of the month. Additionally, the German army, air force, and navy (Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, und Kriegsmarine) all issued their own settings, so you can see a more practical solution was direly needed. If you want to see a daily code sheet, perform an image search for "Enigma Maschinenschlüssel".
secure delivery channels....?
5:42
how many letters does the reflector have, in the video it's showing only some of the 26 letters with twice what about the remaining
Think about it for a moment. The reflector takes in a "signal" in one letter and directs it out on the matching letter, so there is only room, or need, for 13 of the 26 letters in the alphabet. Thanks for watching.
@@videosbykevin2938, thank you so much explained very well
Is there any name for the reflector used? Hi from Brazil!!!
Greeting from middle America Bernardo!
In the actual Enigma machine, there were three interchangeable reflectors named simply A, B, and C. The Paper Enigma Machine uses reflector A.
Thank you for watching, Kevin
ıt is amazing !!!!
I think you can add a plug board to this, using DOG, i added the following to the right of the input/output line, "eh bn is jg pm ad" , just 6, it made it a bit more compilated to do, I have a low IQ, I keep forgetting to go up one every time I input a letter, please feel free to correct me if wrong, this should be it, qhfzl i = enigma ,, I like this one to the pringles one,
What about the 4tha and 5th rotor?
That's a thought. You could add the 4th and 5th rotors easily enough. The match-ups are readily available on-line.
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159,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations
Aka 159+10^18
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going to print this off and send a nice letter to the x wife :),
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