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Re:Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography by Frank2312 on Thursday July 07, 2016 @01:44PM (#12050921)
If Google manages to prove it works and there are no better alternatives later on, then it will probably become the de-facto standard.

However, the second condition seems to not be met if Google is right, because they mention there are promising papers published.

­>Since we selected New Hope, we've noted two promising papers in this space, which are welcome.

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Re:Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography by baby on Thursday July 07, 2016 @04:03PM (#12051759)
There is also the fact that "as of now" efficient quantum computers capable to break our crypto is fiction.
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Re:Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography by serendipitous on Friday July 08, 2016 @05:53AM (#12054474)
Yes, but if you want your sessions that are captured today to remain confidential when quantum computers do become reality then you need to use post-quantum key exchange methods today.
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