Solitaire (cipher)

The Solitaire cryptographic algorithm was designed by Bruce Schneier for use in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon (where it was initially called Pontifex). It was designed to be a manual cryptosystem calculated with a normal deck of playing cards, including two jokers.

Related Topics:
Bruce Schneier - Neal Stephenson's - Cryptonomicon - Playing cards

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Paul Crowley has discovered a bias in Solitaire's random number generator.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~