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> That being said I do not understand the need of this NIST competition. I had the believe that current SHA256/512 is quantum proof. Is that wrong? Why? SHA2,
by dependenttypes 6y ago
> That being said I do not understand the need of this NIST competition. I had the believe that current SHA256/512 is quantum proof. Is that wrong? Why?
SHA2, SHA3, and AES256 are all quantum proof, yes. This competition is about asymmetric cryptography though, it replaces non-quantum proof algorithms such as RSA, DSA, ECC, etc.