[Cryptography] Has quantum cryptanalysis actually achieved anything?

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Mon Feb 24 09:59:07 EST 2025


* Jon Callas:

> The next technological step we need is a quantum computer that is
> basically a REPL loop. You tell it a number you want to factor and
> it does it. Poof.

But it is this relevant?  If it actually worked for numbers of a
relevant size, would it matter if it took twenty technicians a week or
two to physically reconfigure the system for factoring a different number?


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