Kunyange zvazvo shoko chairo rokuti "cryptanalysis" richangobva kuitika (rakagadzirwa naWilliam Friedman muna 1920), nzira dzokuputsa makodhi uye ciphers hadzina kumbobvira dzakare zvikuru. (1801) Tsanangudzo yekutanga yakanyorwa ye cryptanalysis yakapiwa ne 9th-century Arab polymath, Al-Kindi (inozivikanwawo se "Alkindus" muEurope), mu A Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages. Iri bhuku rinosanganisira tsanangudzo yenzira yekuongorora mafambiro (Ibrahim Al-Kadi, 1992- ref-3).
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