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This lecture addressed the history of cryptography beginning with the Enigma used by the Germans in WWII and broken by world famous Mathematician/Computer Scientist Alan Turing. It continued down to today’s advanced crypto systems such as RSA, PGP and Elliptic Curve cryptography. Costello pointed out the key role that cryptography plays in the future of e-commerce and the new products and ways of doing business that results when secure communications through cryptography is available. Costello was an energetic and knowledgeable speaker who provided an interesting and detailed coverage of the subject. His presentation stimulated intense discussion about contemporary issues in this field. He answered every question in great detail and with good humor. Costello visited us courtesy of ACM’s Distinguished Speaker Series.