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forest
forest
02:15
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Q: Will IBM's Condor quantum processor run Shor's Algorithm to crack a 256-bit Elliptic Curve key?

Simon G.Yesterday IBM announced that they have a 433 bit quantum computer, called Osprey. There is nothing in the press releases I can find that says whether it can or cannot run Shor's Algorithm. They also say they are on track to release "Condor", an 1121 bit processor next year. Shor's algorithm, as f...

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> NIST estimates that a quantum computer breaking RSA-2048 in a matter of hours could be built by 2030 for about a billion dollars.
nobody
nobody
That's pretty interesting
forest
forest
I'm highly skeptical (regarding the NIST estimate).
 
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Fire Quacker
Fire Quacker
18:52
theregister.com/2022/11/11/nsa_urges_orgs_to_use
Opinion: If all programmers were forced to use Rust only, insecure software would almost entirely disappear ...because all the lousy programmers would never get their programs to compile
(That [cough] includes me)
ThoriumBR
ThoriumBR
I doubt... Java was supposed to be more secure than C, but even a highly skilled Java programmer will create a program that is vulnerable because the VM have a bug
the more layers you have, the less control you have over the result
NSA recommends going to Java too. And even with memory safety, log2shell happened
 
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nobody
nobody
23:45
I'm trying to study for a couple of tough exams, but I just found out that Randal has posted new what-ifs...
okay, thankfully there were only 4 new ones.

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