On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:17:48 Matthew Gregan wrote: > At 2007-09-14T08:40:37+1200, Brett Davidson wrote: > > http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/09/how-quantum-computer- > >factorises-numbers.html > > A more accurate message subject would be "the demise of RSA public key > cryptography gets closer"--which is still a pretty big deal, but it's worth > remembering that not all public key crypto will be weakened by the > availability of fast factorization.
it is certainly interesting to record encypted messages today, and then 10 years later review and crack brute force with minimal effort. about as interesting as listening to someone else's phone calls *yawn*
