(Off topic) News on quantum computers cracking crypto

Brian Mearns bmearns at ieee.org
Thu Sep 10 16:12:59 CEST 2009


In case you missed it, using 15 as a key value is no longer a viable
option: http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/chip-does-part-of-codecracking-quantum-algorithm

Fortunately, people are working on it:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/cryptographers-take-on-quantum-computers

-Brian
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