Explanation

You probably want to read my blog post about it: OpenSourc.ES Enigma and Bombe. Anyway this page gives you a brief overview:

• The Enigma is a mechanical machine used in WW II by the Germans
• It is a symmetric cipher
• It uses rotors and a plugboard
  • the rotors change the "key" each time a letter is typed
  • the plugboard swaps two letters
• There are an enormous number of possibilities but it can be cracked
• The main flaw is that a letter can't be encoded by itself

This package allows you to encode/decode and crack messages.