HCPortal Modules for Teaching and Promoting Cryptology

Abstract

HCPortal is an online portal focusing on historical cryptology. The structure of the portal is logically divided into modules.In this paper, we are presenting three new modules focusing on teaching and promoting cryptology. The first module is called Education. It contains a demonstration ofselected classical ciphers and their respectivecryptanalytic techniques. The second module focuses on nomenclators. The third module represents a virtual museum of historical ciphers.