> RSA is cool, in use by many banks for transactions but kind of obsolete > given quantum cyphers or computers. Uh, this is still a little far off, don't you think? The announcement on /. three weeks ago that someone had finally built a quantum computer capable of evaluating three (was it three? Was it four?) bits made big waves, until it was realized that upscaling this is still at least a decade away.
On the other hand, quantum key generation is here now, works really well (oh MAN is that clever!), and can generate infinite length truly random keys. The problem is that going the other way is much much much much more complicated, and overcoming quantum-generated keys is going to require another branch of math. I still can't believe how clever the key generation hardware is: One laser, one mirror, two detectors. That is SO COOL! -- http://taoof4d.blogspot.com http://4dwishlist.blogspot.com On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
