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There likely will not be a cryptanalytic capable quantum computer for over a few decades.
by tuxxy 8y ago
There likely will not be a cryptanalytic capable quantum computer for over a few decades.
- Taniwha 8y agoI bet that's the NSA's (public) company line
- setr 8y agoActually wasn’t the latest gov standard pushing for quantum-resistant algos? I vaguely remember some controversy over it on HN, because the switched recommendation was sudden and came out of nowhere (with at least one suggestion that they must be nearing it, or someone else is). Dont follow this topic normally, which is why I’m so vague on this, and possibly wrong.
- tkhoven 8y agoIf you're talking about NIST, they've initiated the process to standardise post-quantum public key crypto: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Standardization https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/Pos... Round 1 submissions were received by November 2017: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/Round-1-Submissions https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/Rou...
- samirm 8y agoDecades is way too pessimistic. Remember, tech grows exponentially.