quantumcomputing

Update on NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program

| | cryptography, Cybersecurity, NIST, quantumcomputing, quantumcryptography
NIST has posted an update on their post-quantum cryptography program: After spending more than three years examining new approaches to encryption and data protection that could defeat an assault from a quantum ...
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Factoring 2048-bit Numbers Using 20 Million Qubits

| | academicpapers, cryptanalysis, cryptography, quantumcomputing, rsa
This theoretical paper shows how to factor 2048-bit RSA moduli with a 20-million qubit quantum computer in eight hours. It's interesting work, but I don't want overstate the risk. We know from ...
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Quantum Computing and Cryptography

| | cryptography, encryption, essays, quantumcomputing, rsa
Quantum computing is a new way of computing -- one that could allow humankind to perform computations that are simply impossible using today's computing technologies. It allows for very fast searching, something ...
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