Recently I have read the book Digital Fortress written by Dan Brown. When
its novels I always have a Go for thrillers and Dan Brown is been my all
time favorites. I have read 5 of his books Angels & Demons, Da Vinci Code,
Lost Symbol, Deception Point and Digital Fortress. Here’s a quick review
about Digital Fortress. I will come up with the reviews of the other books
as well.
Digital Fortress was written during the outbreak of encryption/decryption in digital technology. To summarize the story goes
this way; the US National Security Agency NSA develops a code-breaking
machine called TRANSLTR that could break any code. NSA does not reveal
TRANSLTR's existence to the public. "Who will guard the guards", Ensei
Tankado a former NSA employee who was displeased with NSA for its intrusion
in people’s private lives develops an unbreakable algorithm called Digital
Fortress. The code somehow bypasses the NSA security firewall and TRANSLTR
runs for hours trying to break the unbreakable code. Though this was kept
as a top secret, the code running in TRANSLTR for more than 12 hours did
create chaoses among a few staff and each one start spying to find out
what’s happening. There are enough suspense’s and new twist as to who is
behind the plot as you turn your pages.
Important characters in the story are Susan Fletcher, David Becker, and
Strathmore. Employing a language professional as a detective agent to find
the pass key has been quite different and interesting. To know the exact
struggles involved in searching the pass key, breaking the unbreakable
code, what the code for Digital Fortress was actually meant for, the threat
it carried to NSA etc you must read the book.
It’s an excellent techno-thriller and the mysteries would keep holding till
you reach the last page. Like all other books of Dan this one also has deciphering
of code. There are references to technologies especially the network
security, firewalls, encryption/decryption and a slight reference to
history Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A techy who loves thrillers would enjoy
reading this book.
its novels I always have a Go for thrillers and Dan Brown is been my all
time favorites. I have read 5 of his books Angels & Demons, Da Vinci Code,
Lost Symbol, Deception Point and Digital Fortress. Here’s a quick review
about Digital Fortress. I will come up with the reviews of the other books
as well.
Digital Fortress was written during the outbreak of encryption/decryption in digital technology. To summarize the story goes
this way; the US National Security Agency NSA develops a code-breaking
machine called TRANSLTR that could break any code. NSA does not reveal
TRANSLTR's existence to the public. "Who will guard the guards", Ensei
Tankado a former NSA employee who was displeased with NSA for its intrusion
in people’s private lives develops an unbreakable algorithm called Digital
Fortress. The code somehow bypasses the NSA security firewall and TRANSLTR
runs for hours trying to break the unbreakable code. Though this was kept
as a top secret, the code running in TRANSLTR for more than 12 hours did
create chaoses among a few staff and each one start spying to find out
what’s happening. There are enough suspense’s and new twist as to who is
behind the plot as you turn your pages.
Important characters in the story are Susan Fletcher, David Becker, and
Strathmore. Employing a language professional as a detective agent to find
the pass key has been quite different and interesting. To know the exact
struggles involved in searching the pass key, breaking the unbreakable
code, what the code for Digital Fortress was actually meant for, the threat
it carried to NSA etc you must read the book.
It’s an excellent techno-thriller and the mysteries would keep holding till
you reach the last page. Like all other books of Dan this one also has deciphering
of code. There are references to technologies especially the network
security, firewalls, encryption/decryption and a slight reference to
history Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A techy who loves thrillers would enjoy
reading this book.
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