Re: Was the Abwehr Enigma-G stronger than the normal Enigma, due to the rotating reflector?


David Hamer wrote:
"DarkProtoman" <Protoman2050@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Was the Abwehr Enigma-G stronger than the normal Enigma, due to the
rotating reflector? I think it was.

Thanks!!!!

In fact it was not. For an overview of the 'G' Enigma and its
weaknesses see Frank Carter's seven-page monograph on
the BP website [.pdf format].
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/articles.rhtm

My own paper on the Abwehr Enigma is available at
http://home.comcast.net/~dhhamer/download.htm [.pdf]
and Geoff Sullivan's PC simulator for Enigma 'G' is at
http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/simula/index.html

David Hamer

OK, when the current was going back from the feflector to the first
rotor, did the rotors rotate like normal, or were they fixed?

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