Re: Quantum computing (Robert J. Hansen)

2007-04-19 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> please confirm if i have understood your post correctly to imply > that if someone uses a straight diceware passphrase I'm not going to talk about this for three reasons. 1. I've never used Diceware, so I can't talk intelligently about it. 2. The answer will depend a lot on implementati

Re: Quantum computing (Robert J. Hansen)

2007-04-19 Thread vedaal
>Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:56:48 -0500 >From: "Robert J. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Quantum computing >Brute-forcing a 128-bit cipher using a traditional >computer is a ridiculous proposition, but using Grover's, it >becomes >as hard as brute-forcing a 64-bit ciph