Review on Dan Brown's Digital Fortress
Friday, 5. May 2006, 11:49:34
I forgot to mention that I have fnished reading it a week ago. So it's time to let me say some words on it.My first impression on this book? You really wanna know? It's boring at the beginning of the story which made me ummotivated to keep reading it. But in the end, it's getting climax and interesting.
Its story? Erm, it happened at NSA (National Security Agency), USA where it had a machine called TRANSLRT which can intercept any encrypted email from all over world and decrypted it. This permited them to reveal any illegal actions like corruption and terrorism, which could endanger the security of USA.
Then an ex-japanese-worker at NSA, who was son of a female victim in Hiroshima, Japan where it had been bombed by USA army during second world war, claimed that NSA should respect people's privacy because everyone is permitted to have his/her own secret, hence the destruction of TRANSLRT is a must for NSA.
So the Japanese guy invented a genius algorithm code which was not able to be decrypted by TRANSLRT, the ultimate code which was put on bidding on internet and downloadable for everyone. The one whose bid is highest would have the decrypt key. The Japanese guy threatened NSA to destroy the TRANSLRT before the bidding was ended.
The NSA didn't believe it's unbreakable code and downloaded a copy then tested by using TRANSLRT. Normally TRANSLRT spends maximum 3 minutes to decrypt an encrypted email. TRANSLRT had run almost 24 hours but it's failed to decrypt the genius algorithm code.
There was attempt to get the code from the Japanese guy. So the whole story is about murder, being hunted, keep on the run, etc. For those who are interested, this book is you wanna looking for. Another thriller novel from Dan Brown.




















