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Add note about quantum computers and security strengths #2504

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randomstuff opened this issue Jan 2, 2025 · 2 comments
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Add note about quantum computers and security strengths #2504

randomstuff opened this issue Jan 2, 2025 · 2 comments
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6) PR awaiting review AppendixV Appendix with crypto details Bart Preneel Issues raised from a crypto review by Bart Preneel (received via Aram H) _5.0 - prep This needs to be addressed to prepare 5.0

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We have:

The relative security strengths for various cryptographic systems are in this table (from NIST SP 800-57 Part 1, p.71): […]

Proposed addition from Bart Preneel:

Note: this section assumes that no longer quantum computer exists; if such a computer would exist, the estimates for the last 3 columns would be no longer valid.
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"no longer quantum computer exists" is somewhat ambiguous to me.

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@tghosth tghosth added 1) Discussion ongoing Issue is opened and assigned but no clear proposal yet _5.0 - prep This needs to be addressed to prepare 5.0 Bart Preneel Issues raised from a crypto review by Bart Preneel (received via Aram H) AppendixV Appendix with crypto details and removed V6 labels Jan 5, 2025
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tghosth commented Jan 5, 2025 •
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I think his point seems clear here

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Add quantum computer clarification to resolve #2504
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