> Still purely theoretical. IBM just got a quantum computer to factor the > number 9. Gonna take a few more years before they can tackle 3des. Then
If I remember correctly, just recently they [IBM] factored the number 15 into factors 3 and 5 using a Quantum Computer. Maybe the development will be faster than any of us can dare imagine?? :) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/20/006228&mode=thread D.
