-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199507132009.AA15283@tyrell.net>, pgf@tyrell.net (Phil Fraering ) wrote:

From: Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@eng.auburn.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 13:46:10 -0500

An article posted on sci.crypt stated that quantum factoring is real and that an article was posted in this month's Science magazine. The author of the post says this would make factoring a 10 bit number the same time as factoring a 100000000 bit number.

You can bet your ass and your mother's and grandmother's donatable organs that if this were possible, then the legislative initiatives currently underway would not be: they'd just let us use RSA and get a false sense of security.

Even with a quantum computer, factoring is still an extra step that is not required with GAK. Besides, factoring will always be more expensive than GAK, at least for the other side. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMAW0VSoZzwIn1bdtAQG9QQF+OWci7VK8X9/ropNlf5dGW5/jbHWo+4cR 2GvuYpDvoAbDRQmDcpFR7u8hBog7KIet =c/wa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----