[#AboveMyPayGrade] Protecting quantum computing networks against hacking threats

Razer g2s at riseup.net
Tue Feb 7 07:07:23 PST 2017



On 02/07/2017 06:48 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 09:10:02AM -0800, Razer wrote:
>>> I can't parse the technical stuff. Does the last paragraph mean
>>> they broke "old quantum crypto"?
>>>
>> >From the abstract and the last paragraph of the article what I'm seeing
>> is they can detect a hack on the data (apparently even if it's simply a
>> regurgitation of the original) because the 'noise' created by the
>> tampering itself appears to leave a 'standard recognizable signature'.
>> But pardon if that's not the answer to the question you asked... as the
>> Sj: line implies this is way above my pay-grade.
>>
> On the cryptography mailing list there is summary for smart dummies:
> http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2017-February/031425.html
>
>  


Clear as mud thanks... :-(
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