On Feb 3, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Stewart Stremler wrote:

What is a match?

Something used to start fires.

A quantum computer ought to be able to handle the problem -- really,
widespread, cheap, reliable quantum computing is the death-knell for
most, if not all, public-key cryptography, as I understand it.

yet another tool in the argument of "why bother with crypto? I have nothing to hide, anyway. Besides, in a few years, quantum computing will obviate the usefulness of crypto, anyway..."

:)

Gregory

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