The more accurate term is "quantum encryption network" verses "quantum network" since it's not transmitting data by entanglement or other means it's using quantum encryption (QKD).
So some of it is hype. John From: Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 10:30 AM To: AGI Subject: RE: [agi] Couple thoughts @John Makes for very interesting, reading. Do you think the critical opinions in the article was justified? Rob _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [agi] Couple thoughts Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 17:21:58 +0200 Oh goody! Thanks John. I'll go check it out. _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [agi] Couple thoughts Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:17:53 -0500 There's the Chinese quantum network and they're building a first leg between Beijing and Shanghai. The claim is unhackable, see: http://english.caixin.com/2015-02-06/100782139.html John From: Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 6:58 PM To: AGI Subject: RE: [agi] Couple thoughts @Mike There is something unhackable, but we'll need to build it first. > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 14:22:08 -0800 > Subject: Re: [agi] Couple thoughts > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > I get the feeling there is nothing left unhackable. Even a > typewriter, they can plant a effing video recorder somewhere and film > you typing. It used to be you made fun of the guy with tin foil on > his head to "block transmissions." > > On 3/2/15, John Rose via AGI <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Matt Mahoney via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > >> Peers need to know when two messages are from the same source. If a peer > >> earns a reputation for being a reliable source of information (like Google > >> or > >> your bank), then malicious peers will try to spoof messages from them. To > >> prevent this, peers sign their messages using a mutually agreed secret > >> key > >> chosen at random. After an initial exchange (using e.g. Diffie-Hellman), > >> I > >> send you a message and a signature like SHA256(message + key). You > >> receive > >> the message, compute the signature, and compare it to the signature that > >> I > >> sent you. Since nobody else knows the key, and the hash is not invertible, > >> you > >> know the message must have come from me. > >> > > > > > > Well, that's the same as using HTTPS or another application layer protocol > > over TLS/SSL with certificates signed by a certificate authority no? Though > > in your communications protocol you control the signing and encryption > > algorithm and everyone need not get a CA signed cert I suppose. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > > Modify Your Subscription: > > https://www.listbox.com/member/? <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> & > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26941503-0abb15dc > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/? <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> & > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com AGI | <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/248029-82d9122f> | <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> AGI | <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26941503-0abb15dc> | <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> AGI | <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26941503-0abb15dc> | <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> AGI | <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/248029-82d9122f> | <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
