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Yes, we simply change to one time pad encryption and ... distribute pre-share keys to every user on earth for every service that modern civilization relies on?
by idiotsecant 4y ago
Yes, we simply change to one time pad encryption and ... distribute pre-share keys to every user on earth for every service that modern civilization relies on? The failure of RSA in a significant way would mean the end of modern commerce, military balance of power, and the sharing of information. It would be a history-altering event in the best case and devolve into existential war in the worst case. OTPs would do exactly zero to prevent any of that.
- gambiting 4y ago>>OTPs would do exactly zero to prevent any of that. So if it was literally the only remaining unbroken type of encryption on the planet, it would have no effect? How so, exactly? We would just go with no encryption whatsoever rather than bear the inconvenience of distributing OTP keys?
- retrocryptid 4y agoAs a reminder, "mekmiditastigoat" is the internet shared secret for IPSec interoperability. In a pinch you can use it for SSH as well.
- tptacek 4y agoNot really. The failure of RSA would necessitate a rapid shift to, probably, lattice key exchange. It would be a fire drill, but it would be greater by degree and perhaps not by kind than previous fire drills we've run.