Re: Crypto and new computing strategies

[m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)]

Jim choate writes:
 > While I can understand the commen wisdom such QM type machines are
 > not a threat to the present cyrpto-cracking horsepower race I must
 > admit I don't agree with it. First, historicaly (and emotionaly on
 > my part) I have a hard time taking the  premise that the status quo
 > will stay the status quo. I have this belief that some bright
 > person is going to come along and blow all our pipe dreams away. 
 > It has happened before and it WILL happen again, especially when
 > you consider the resources available to the government. 

Remember, however, that advances in technology benefit encryptors as
well as codebreakers.  Unless the "bright person" comes along and
proves P == NP, there's still opportunity to develop strong
cryptosystems.  (Indeed, if a bright person comes along and proves
that P != NP, then things look pretty good.)

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