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Re:A Swiss company says it found weakness that imperials enc... by sterlind on Sunday February 07, 2021 @08:00PM (#26059672)
Specifically it looks like they're claiming that AES can be efficiently cracked with quantum annealing.
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Re:A Swiss company says it found weakness that imperials enc... by craftinator on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:16PM (#26060375)
How revolutionary...
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Re:A Swiss company says it found weakness that imperials enc... by sterlind on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:21PM (#26060749)
...it actually is, if it's true. most quantum-resistant crypto has focused on public-key cryptography. and quantum annealing is much nearer-term than regular quantum computing, that's the kind of machines that D-Wave is building and selling today.

it would be extraordinarily disruptive if this turns out to not be empty hype.

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