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Subject: Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?
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On 4/6/25 1:38 PM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes:
>> Le 06-04-2025, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> a écrit :
>>> On 06 Apr 2025 08:59:33 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>> Le 05-04-2025, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> a écrit :
> 
>>>>> No, but we can move to quantum computing, which may become
>>>>> a reality before too long.
>>>>
>>>> I heard about that before I was born.
>>>
>>> In the US, the NIST is already researching algorithms for "post-quantum
>>> cryptography:"
>>>
>>> https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography
>>
>> Yes, the algorithms are farther away from the computers. Doesn't that
>> ring a bell?
> 
> Not quite sure what the argument is here, but “already researching” is
> severely behind the times. Multiple PQC algorithms are well past the
> research stage, with finalized standards published in August and a
> couple more on the way. Adaptation of higher-level standards (APIs, PKI,
> etc) and adoption leading to deployment is well underway.
> 
>>> Quantum computing is definitely going to happen.
>>
>> Yes, I know. Soon. Very soon. It's almost there. I heard that before I
>> was born.
> 
> I’m not sure anyone thinks quantum computing is “almost there” in the
> sense of e.g. a quantum computer big enough to break RSA existing this
> year. However the risk is real enough to be worth actively mitigating,
> both because we may not know when the first one is deployed and due to
> the “harvest now, decrypt later” strategy.

   Ok ... WITHIN LIMITS ... quantum DOES work. It IS good
   for breaking some kinds of common encryption (there ARE
   now quantum-resistant crypto algos - but beware spook
   back-doors).

   Alas quantum is VERY iffy and errors are still a huge problem.
   That may NOT be totally solvable, given the indeterminacy
   issue in QM. Wonder if it's possible to leverage one
   kind of indeterminacy against another as compensation ?

   But, as a 'general solution' ... do NOT see quantum
   as a mainstream computing tech. Big corps will RENT
   it, for big $$$, to entities that CAN make good use
   of the technique. Is NOT gonna be running yer laptop
   or phone.

   SSA/IRS ... as said elsewhere, "Linux" is too all over
   the place now. A commercial Unix is the better OS base.
   That's what Apple did, and what Big G should do.

   The replacement CODE ... either Python or, horrors,
   a BASIC with a compiler. Easy, readable, fair base
   of experts. Buy one of those big black IBM mainframe
   clusters and PARTY ON.

   Note that Plan-9 was ported over to those ... and
   it's designed for big/distributed systems.