Hagelin BC-52 Simulator v4.1 Deze pagina in het Nederlands
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you can download the freeware Hagelin BC-52 Cipher Machine
Simulator v4.1
This program is an accurate simulation of the Hagelin BC-52, one of the most famous Cold War era crypto machines. After the success of the C-38 and M-209 as tactical cipher devices, Hagelin developed a cipher machine for high level military and diplomatic encryption. In 1952 Hagelin Cryptos (Crypto AG) introduced the C-52 and, as Devours and Kruh wrote, 'caused ripples throughout the cryptanalytic community'. The C-52 raised the security of pin-and-lug devices to another level. The machine had 6 irregular moving pinwheels, selected from a set of 12, and the number of drum bars was extended to 32, of which 5 where also used to advance the wheels. When lugs and pins are selected carefully the C-52 provides even in this computer era a powerful encryption. The combination of C-52 and the keyboard, denoted B-52, was named BC-52. Within short time the BC-52 was purchased by more than 60 countries and remaind popular until today.
This very realistic Hagelin BC-52 Cipher Machine Simulator enables you to encipher and decipher messages, and apply the key settings as you would with an actual machine. You can select between the C-52 and CX-52 model, and customize the machine in various ways. There's also a formatted clipboard and an Autotyping function. The program includes a detailed help file containing the enciphering procedures, how to set the machine and all technical details (Click the screenshot to enlarge the picture). All feedback, suggestions or comments are most welcome by sending an e-mail.
Runs under Windows™ 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, or with WINE under Linux.
Visit also my Enigma and US M-209 cipher machine simulators!
Download the Hagelin BC-52 Sim v4.1 (Zip 1836 KB)
Please check the readme file before installation.
Alternative download site:
http://www.esnips.com/web/CipherMachines
Some Vista users experience
problems with the help file. They can download a pdf version here.
Technical details of the
C-52 and CX-52
The story of Boris
Hagelin and his Machines
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