On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
>> The truth is that no algorhythm can be broken by a quantum computer
>> because they don't exist.
>
> People said that about hand calculators 40 years ago...
That is because forty years ago, hand calculators did not exist. Nobody
suggested waiting for twenty years before doing math by hand, just because
hand calculators might be invented.
:-)
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> In their place, provide an encryption layer that depends upon one-time
> pads (the only form of encryption that is proven to be unbreakable).
And don't forget to hand-carry all those one-time pads to the websites,
servers, and other systems you want to exchange data with.
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