[pchelpers] News:Quantum Cryptography Using Quantum Mechanics to Outpace Codebreakers

Quantum cryptography may be essentially solved, but getting the funky
physics to work on disciplined computer networks is a whole new
headache.
Cryptography is an arms race, but the finish line may be fast
approaching. Up to now, each time the codemakers made a better
mousetrap, codebreakers breed a better mouse. But quantum cryptography
theoretically could outpace the codebreakers and win the race. Forever.

Already the current state of the art in classical encryption, 128-bit
RSA, can be cracked with enough raw, brute force computing power
available to organisations like the US National Security Agency. And the
advent of quantum computing will make it even simpler. The gold standard
for secret communication will be truly dead.

More here:
http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=6336
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