Needless to say I will be safe for a "few " years. btw: It was 100 mil
improvement factor. Now all I have to worry about is that some joker will
get a "bunch" of monkeybagels & improve on quantum computing. :)
*-----Original Message-----
*From: Ben Nagy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 12:41 AM
*To: 'Larry Paul'
*Subject: RE: Ben's Big Crypto Flamefest
*
*
*[offlist - this is all OT enough. ;) ]
*
*> -----Original Message-----
*> From: Larry Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
*> Sent: Monday, 4 December 2000 3:53
*> To: Ben Nagy
*> Cc: firewalls_list
*> Subject: RE: Ben's Big Crypto Flamefest
*>
*>
*> Then if a calculation (say differential analysis)
*
*Except that QCs only work for very special algorithms - not for everything.
*You might want to go Do Some Research. Quantum stuff is hard. QCs are even
*harder. And they don't exist, really. Well - only teeny ones.
*
*> was
*> determined to need
*> 10^16 (hours say) to analyze a certain code, a quantum computer (if it
*> existed) could reduce that to approx. 10^8
*
*A mere eleven and a half thousand years. What a benefit!
*
*> and therefore
*> improve the time by
*> a factor of some 10 million. If this is correct that is
*> impressive.
*
*Dunno. Doesn't really hit my "gosh" button, personally.
*
*> With
*> that computer, I could do my taxes in milleseconds! 8-)
*
*To do your taxes you need monkeybagels, not Quantum Computers.
*
*http://www.monkeybagel.com/monkeybagel.html
*
*Cheers,
*
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*Ben Nagy
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