begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:55:55PM -0800: [snip] > I have a feeling quantum crypto is going to be like the flying car. Sure, > we may get it someday but it is sufficiently far off into the future that > we need not concern ourselves with it at the moment.
I wouldn't be suprised if the NSA had something terribly expensive inside of five years, and major corporations had something merely outrageously expensive inside of ten years. In twenty years, I would not be suprised to discover that the NSA has working quantum computers *now*, and is carefully (mis?)directing current projects in the area. -Stewart "Hi guys! What ca#$%&*....!!:::[[[[[[NO CARRIER -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
