Overview:
Cryptology has a long history. Here I will explore some theory related
to encryption and decryption techniques. Encryption is fairly simple,
and you create keys for decoding and deciphering. Decryption is a little
trickier. I will explore pattern matching techniques for decryption. This may include some general
theory in abstraction of sets. Why have I included cryptology on an
aerospace website? There are a few reasons. Some of the techniques in
encryption can be relat ed to modern computing and the processing of
information in general and I cover computing technology in depth and
how that relates to aerospace endeavors. Also, there may be certain
launch codes for rocketry and spacecraft as well as protocols that may
be shrouded in encryption. I argue on my website, that NASA and other
space agencies hold public domain information, possibly in encrypted
format, that could be made available or deciphered through decryption.
These are just a couple of examples of how encryption technology may
be related to aerospace. I can think of a couple of others that I leave
for your discovery.
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Encryption Theory:Some basic ideas in encryption are fairly simple. For this section and for the sake of brevity, I will start with binary encryption. 8 bits of data, or 1 byte may look like the following -> 0000 0000, or it may look like this -> 1001 1111, and 254 other possible combinations. The english alphabet contains 26 characters, so 8 bits of data are pretty good for a basis in cryptology 101. You would simply set 26 of these combinations to represent the alphabet. You could then use parity stream techniques or masking techniques for your keys. So 8 bit encryption is base 2 to the power of 8 possibilities. 128 bit encryption is base 2 of degree 128, or 18446744073709551616 to the 64th power which is a number that I should have put into scientific notation, but the calculator I have has notation I am unwilling to learn at this point and I am not going to run a program that could take 5 minutes to write. I may expand encryption theory in the future, so check back from time to time and read the following sections as well. |
Decryption:Decryption starts with pattern analyses. There are several methods available for pattern matching and analyses. Some of these ideas are covered abstractly under the math & measure section, computing technology section, seti, and a couple of others. As always, I urge you to visit all the pages on this website which are rich in information. |
Images:Images are an excellent way of transmitting encrypted data and decryption can be nearly impossible. Images can be digitally manipulated and represented in matrices at pixel and binary levels. To the eye, an image may look like any ordinary image, but can transmit a lot of information measured in megabytes or millions of bytes of information. These pictures are not usually dangerous to a computer system, but combined with other imbedded and unwanted programs, an image could have dangerous computer instructions. To avoid the dangers of imbedded and unwanted programs at an administrative level, you isolate interesting and peculiar patterns, then attack the code that is unwanted. Shortly thereafter, patches and definition lists are provided to you through your anti-virus software, or your IP, or your OS through downloads. The possibilities of encryption in images are quite fascinating for transmitting information between private corporations, especially proprietary information. The possibilities are infinite in techniques in image encryption and only limited by your imagination and complexity of implementation. I will not discuss these methods since I have offered enough under binary encryption theory for basic encryption theory. |
Text:Text is a classical method of transmitting encrypted data. Again, I will not offer examples here since this can be more easily deciphered and is a great law enforcement tool as well. Folks, I am not a great friend of law enforcement when it comes to incarcerations of ordinary people using marijuana and other "small" things because they are under investigation. I have a great distrust of "investigations" that often produce an Alice in Wonderland pursuit of petty stuff. Having said this, if your gut tells you that you have a really bad individual in your sights, you should be able to use some of the extraordinary tools available to you to prevent violence, terrorist attacks, etc. So text encryption can be among the easiest to decipher, however, sophisticated experts could devise some interesting and non-classical, non-text book techniques. Truly good investigators muster and stomach some of the work that many of us are unwilling or unable to do - so I tip my hat to you good guys in law enforcement. For the most part, folks in law enforcement are decent and diligent, but even they can get lost in a haze, and innocents can be compromised. |
Symbols:Again, you can devise symbols to have meaning. This is certainly classic - in fact, hieroglyphics among various historical cultures are still widely studied, deciphered, and interpreted globally. Since symbols are still studied and interpretated, symbols are still very interesting for encryption and decryption techniques. Of course, symbols can make an entire language. The english alphabet is arguably complex lettered symbols representing sounds, rather than visual representations. Encryption in symbology, if innovated, could be more complex than binary, text, and even digital image encryption. |
Nanotech Encryption:Nanotech, micro, and biological encryption gets very complicated, but if you understand the encryption theory section that I discussed, and you understand some biology, chemistry, and physics, then you could really codify interesting instructions in specimens of lower life forms and microscopic materials. This is why experts and programs such as SETI, DARPA, and others may use all of the techniques that I have described. |
Summary:Programming languages may number in the dozens or hundreds. Human verbal language may also number in the hundreds, including dialects. Of course, there is other human language including non-verbal language. Add to this historical languages, symbols, hieroglyphs, and more, including the language of math. These produce many possibilities of encryption, but some methods and analyses are fundamental. I have touched on a few of these just barely, and the possibilities are endless. But in order to transmit an encrypted message, you must have keys. If you suspect encrypted messages, then the senders and receivers have the keys. Be warned however, you may think there is some dirty little secret being transmitted before you ever really took a careful look at the message, messenger, and receiver! So if you are transmitting grandma's recipes for baked cookies to your cousin in Wisconsin who owns a bakery, this is most certainly protected intellectual property and is worthy of safe and secure transmission. Any intercept by administration of the transmissions, should be passed through, then destroyed. So then, in the overview section starting on this page, I make a couple of arguments of how encryption technology may be related to aerospace endeavors. Though state agencies may posses encrypted data of their space programs and launch vehicles for correspondence or safekeeping, I suspect many private aerospace companies protect their intellectual property through encryption as well. If you pay taxes and gain schematics and diagrams from a space agency for construction, you may do so at a risk, though an argument could possibly be made that such diagrams are public. |
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