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Re:Quintuple: a Python 5-qubit quantum computer simulator by PeCaN on Sunday July 17, 2016 @12:59AM (#12109078)
Shor's algorithm covers discrete logarithm also.

But most modern asymmetric algorithms are based on elliptic curves and other problems that quantum computers don't help with.

Re:Quintuple: a Python 5-qubit quantum computer simulator by serendipitous on Sunday July 17, 2016 @11:46PM (#12113130)
The ECC algorithms used today rely on the "Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem" and are very much vulnerable to (a version of) Shor's algorithm. Some would even say they are more vulnerable than RSA due to the much smaller key sizes (requiring less qubits).