Frode Weierud
Frode Weierud is a Norwegian amateur cryptologist. In addition to his previous professional activity as an engineer at CERN , he is mainly known for his more than forty years of work as a historian and cryptologist , which is reflected in numerous publications in these areas.
Act
Frode Weierud deals with classical cryptology, in particular with encryption methods of the Second World War . He is particularly interested in the ENIGMA rotor key machine used in radio communications by the German military in World War II and its cryptanalysis , on which he has published a large number of specialist articles.
In 2000 he was awarded the special title of Visiting Research Scholar by the Bletchley Park Trust of Bletchley Park , the agency in the United Kingdom that successfully deciphered the secret communications of the German Wehrmacht during World War II and is now a museum. He received this honor at the same time as Ralph Erskine and David Hamer .
Frode Weierud is a member of the Crypto Simulation Group (CSG) and lives in Oslo.
Fonts (selection)
- CHO'D. Alexander: Plug knock-out . Ed .: Frode Weierud. July 1998 (English, (cryptocellar.org) [PDF; accessed on October 26, 2016] Original title: Steck Knock-out . Blechtley Park, UK 1944.).
- David H. Hamer, Geoff Sullivan, Frode Weierud: Enigma Variations: an Extended Family of Machines . In: Cryptologia . tape 22 , no. 3 , July 1998, ISSN 0161-1194 (English, updated version (cryptocellar.org) [PDF; accessed on October 26, 2016]).
- Geoff Sullivan, Frode Weierud: Breaking German Army Ciphers . In: Cryptologia . tape 29 , no. 3 , July 2005, ISSN 0161-1194 , p. 193–232 (English, Taylor and Francis [PDF; accessed October 26, 2016]).
- Philip Marks, Frode Weierud: Recovering the wiring of Enigma's reverse roller A . In: Cryptologia . tape 24 , no. 1 , January 2000, ISSN 0161-1194 , p. 55–66 , doi : 10.1080 / 0161-110091888781 (English, preprint (cryptocellar.org) [PDF; accessed on October 26, 2016]).
Web links
- Photo by Frode Weierud. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- A List of Publications by Frode Weierud (English). Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- Frode Weierud's CryptoCellar (English). Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- Profile Frode Weierud. www.blogger.com. Retrieved October 26, 2016 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Profile Frode Weierud. www.blogger.com. Retrieved October 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Philip Marks, Frode Weierud: Recovering the wiring of Enigma's reverse roller A . In: Cryptologia . tape 24 , no. 1 , January 2000, p. 55-66 , here p. 66 , doi : 10.1080 / 0161-110091888781 (English).
- ↑ Visiting Research Scholars . Retrieved September 2, 2008.
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SURNAME | Weierud, Frode |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian amateur cryptologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |