Correct me if I'm wrong, but quantum computing seems to be like nuclear fusion. The 'arrival' date of the technology is perpetually 20 years away.
On 14/09/2007, Brenda Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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* >
