Ian Clarke <ian at octayne.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:21:59PM +0700, Oskar Sandberg wrote: > > And we better hope somebody invents a Quantum proof Assymetric algorithm > > within the next four years - so that the inevitable patent has time to > > expire before our current version grow completely pointless. > > I am not an expert on this, but I have a suspicion that quantum > computers can crack *any* assymetric algorithm, present or future.
probably true - a general purpose quantum computer should be able to solve exponential problems in linear time. since as far as I understand modern cryptography is based on the infeasibility of exponential computation, we'll need something completely different. theo _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
