On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 05:02:25PM +0300, Henry Hemming wrote: > > Use 256 bit symmentric encryption and 4096 asymetric, that should be > > safe even if they "they" have quantum computers (well, as long as > > they are smaller then 4096 qubits). > So, if you take a look at the development of quantum computers sofar, > their size follows pretty nicely moore's law, so assuming the current > trend continues we will reach 4096 quantum bit computers aprox in 24 > years. > > Therefore we indeed should leave room for crypto update in freenet :-)
They assumed that it would be fixed later when they wrote software that used 2 digits for years. Even though Y2K didn't turn out to be what it was cracked up to be, they should have used at least 8 bits if not 16 or 32 bits to store years. -- Travis Bemann Sendmail is still screwed up on my box. My email address is really bemann at execpc.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 1162 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000821/f2120a67/attachment.pgp>
