Baltimore resident Edgar Allan Poe had a keen interest in cryptography. Cryptography figured prominently in some of his literature. He also wrote a white paper about cryptography and ran a crypto challenge for a magazine. We'll review the historical context of Poe's interest in cryptography and examine a number of the cryptograms he published and solved.
Senior Information Security Engineer and Penetration Tester/Red Teamer Def Con Speaker Goon Member of NoVaHackers, Unallocated Space and NoVa Labs.