[Info-vax] BridgeWorks

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:06:00 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 7/22/2024 11:08 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:55:35 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> AES-128 is toast if/when they make a quantum computer with enough
>>> qubits.
>> 
>> So far progress on getting quantum computers to perform any kind of
>> number-theoretic computation has been precisely ... zero.
> 
> Basing ones choices of cryptographic algorithms on a belief/hope that it
> will continue that ways is not good engineering.

Evidence: it’s been about 30 years since Shor’s algorithm came out. The 
“belief/hope” is on the side of those who still think “quantum” computing 
will somehow, magically, any day now, fulfil that long-overdue promise.