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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Rewriting SSA. Is This A Chance For GNU/Linux?
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:14:16 +0100
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Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> writes:
> Le 06-04-2025, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> a écrit :
>> 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,
>
> I mean the algorithms are very well advanced. They just need a computer
> to switch from ready to usable.

They do not. PQC algorithms run on ordinary computers.

>> 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.
>
> Yep. The algorithms. For the big computers, it's another story.

I suspect you (and perhaps the previous poster) have misunderstood what
post-quantum cryptography is.

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