Warqadda ugu horreysa ee la diiwaan geliyey ee loo yaqaan "cryptanalysis" waxaa bixiyay polymath-ka Carabta ee qarnigii 9aad, Al-Kindi (oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan "Alkindus" ee Yurub), oo ku jira A Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages. Qoraalkan waxaa ku jira sharraxaad ku saabsan habka falanqaynta soo noqnoqoshada (Ibrahim Al-Kadi, 1992- ref-3). Aqoonyahanka Talyaaniga Giambattista della Porta wuxuu qoray shaqo aasaasi ah oo ku saabsan cryptanalysis "De Furis Literarum Notistivis".
William Friedman