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History of cryptography and cryptanalysis. Questions that wish to ask about the history of cryptography should use this tag; if you're asking about historical ciphers you may also wish to use the classical-cipher tag.
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Did a certain cryptography method get abandoned due to security flaws in the past?
I am researching how quantum computers affect current encryption methods (RSA and more).
However, I remember learning in a course that there used to be a particular encryption method which was popula …