Re: SETSIs (was Re: seti@home WILL NOT WORK)

From: phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu
Date: Thu Jul 08 1999 - 14:37:10 MDT


hal@finney.org wrote:

> > Question: Does anyone know if there is an encryption
> > methodology that will work if QC cracks the factoring problem?
 
There was an article in Science about a month ago reporting what was claimed
to be a provably secure, and practical (from the POV of likely fiber
connections and using insecure repeaters) way of exchanging bits using quantum
computers. I don't have a handy ref, sorry.

-xx- Damien X-)



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