History, context, QKD and the Internet

2007-06-27 Thread John Lowry
I'm old enough to remember hearing (I've worked at BBN for a long time now) that connecting computers on a large scale just isn't going to work, that I would never need more than 4MB of main memory, etc. Any reader can fill out the rest without my risking being pedantic. I do remember

Re: History, context, QKD and the Internet

2007-06-27 Thread Danilo Gligoroski
At 11:08 PM 6/26/2007, John Lowry wrote: ... Also, a small revolution has been taking place while discussion (on this list anyway) has focused on 1st generation QKD. Several very high speed (up to nominal line speed) systems have been proposed. Long-haul all- optical networks are being

Re: History, context, QKD and the Internet

2007-06-27 Thread Perry E. Metzger
John Lowry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The world of computing and communication sure looks different 40+ years later. So I encourage you to look at QKD in context. I know everything is moving in internet time but remember just how recently QKD has been dragged off of the physics optics bench