Editing Decipherment (section)

== Relationship to cryptanalysis ==
Decipherment overlaps with another technical field known as [[cryptanalysis]], a field that aims to decipher writings used in secret communication, known as [[ciphertext]]. A famous case of this was in the [[cryptanalysis of the Enigma]] during the [[World War II]]. Many other ciphers from past wars have only recently been cracked.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bauer |first=Craig P. |date=2023-03-04 |title=The new golden age of decipherment |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2023.2170158 |journal=Cryptologia |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=97–100 |doi=10.1080/01611194.2023.2170158 |issn=0161-1194}}</ref> Unlike in language decipherment, however, actors using ciphertext intentionally lay obstacles to prevent outsiders from uncovering the meaning of the communication system.<ref name=":1" />