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Quantum crypto is not an "imminent development". It's being used in practice today. Your might mean that Shor's quantum factoring algorithm is not an imminent
by sweis 17y ago
Quantum crypto is not an "imminent development". It's being used in practice today.
Your might mean that Shor's quantum factoring algorithm is not an imminent threat to practical cryptosystems.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago> Quantum crypto is not an "imminent development". > It's being used in practice today. Wow! That's completely passed me by. I'm off to Google for stuff, but I'd appreciate any references you can cite. Thanks.
- sweis 17y agoTry the top search term under "Implementations": http://lmgtfy.com/?q=quantum+cryptography http://lmgtfy.com/?q=quantum+cryptography The Swiss ran a long-distance quantum crypto network this year for over 12,000 hours: http://www.swissquantum.com/ http://www.swissquantum.com/ I think BT was running a quantum crypto connection over about 50 km over 10 years ago.