@Article{Riv81, author = { Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { Statistical analysis of the {Hagelin} cryptograph }, pages = { 27--32 }, doi = { 10.1080/0161-118191855751 }, blocked = { pdf }, journal = { Cryptologia }, publisher = { Taylor \& Francis }, date = { 1981-01 }, volume = { 5 }, number = { 1 }, OPTyear = { 1981 }, OPTmonth = { January }, abstract = { We derive here a formula which estimates how much ciphertext is needed to solve a cryptogram produced by a Hagelin cryptograph, using the cryptanalytic technique presented by Barker [1]. We shall see that no more than 8000 characters of ciphertext are needed to solve a Hagelin Model C-48 (or U.S. Army M-209) cryptogram. The Hagelin cryptograph was invented in the 1930's by Boris Hagelin; many thousands of these machines were produced in the subsequence decades. }, }