Re: OT: quantum cryptography [Re: Voynich manuscript book]

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From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>


> On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 11:54:15AM -0500, Sally Caves wrote:
>> after a completely silly discussion of "quantum cryptography," which
>> destroys the code that it breaks.
>
> Well, "quantum cryptography" is an actual concept, and not inherently
> silly. This idea of "destroying the code that it breaks" sounds like
> typical mumbo-jumbo misunderstanding/misapplication of the Uncertainty
> Principle, but there are quantum cryptosystems - that is, cryptosystems
> based on quantum mechanical properties and/or designed to take advantage
> of
> quantum computing, which latter technology poses a very real danger
> to current cryptosystems which rely on the difficulty of factoring large
> numbers.
Hi, Marcos... :)  I meant the discussion of quantum cryptography was
silly... it was very truncated, and yes it did remind me of novice notions
of the Uncertainty Principle.  I've heard of the concept (QC), but I'd
welcome a longer discussion of it.

Sally

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