RE: One time pads and Quantum Computers

2002-10-16 Thread Bill Stewart
David E. Weekly[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] As for PKI being secure for 20,000 years, it sure as hell won't be if those million-qubit prototypes turn out to be worth their salt. Think more like 5-10 years. In fact, just about everything except for OTP solutions will be totally, totally

Re: One time pads and Quantum Computers

2002-10-16 Thread David E. Weekly
David E. Weekly[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Which means that you should start thinking about using OTP *now* if you have secrets you'd like to keep past when an adversary of yours might have access to a quantum computer. ... OTPs won't help a bit for that problem. They're fine for