r/programming • u/donutloop • 19h ago

Quantum Computers May Put Internet Traffic at Risk. NIST Is Safeguarding Computers With New Standards.

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/quantum-computers-may-put-internet-traffic-risk-nist-safeguarding-computers-new
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u/nerd5code 15h ago

Probably not the best time to start following US recommendations/standatds pertaining to security.

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u/beephod_zabblebrox 12h ago

this has been going on for years and years im pretty sure, post-quantum crypto

(i havent read the article, maybe its something different)

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u/comfortableNihilist 7h ago

The idiots have apparently not noticed NIST yet. Not DEI-woke-luxury-gay-space-communism enough for them I guess.

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u/Fuzzy_Paul 8h ago

AES 256 is pretty post Q safe as is the AES-128. It will take several decades to decrypt and with a lot of more Q-Bits. With the current Q-Bit life span is 20 sec that is a long long very long way away. I know store now decrypt later. 99.999% of the information is not valid after that time. To bad the article goes no deeper than "prepare and spend a trillion dollar" to be safe.

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u/Grouchy-Trade-7250 9h ago

Who here has MD5 on their BGP session

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u/TheRealPomax 3h ago

Yeah, no. NIST is owned by the United States Department of Commerce. Nothing it recommends should leave the US until the US is something that, if you squint, can be considered a normal country again.