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Re: quantum cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John R Levine)
Mon Feb 1 18:02:27 1999
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:08:59 -0500 (EST)
From: John R Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: staym@accessdata.com
Cc: coderpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <36B5E83C.6331@accessdata.com>
> Suppose someone discovers a way to solve NP-complete problems with a
> quantum computer; should he publish?
I certainly would. I wouldn't want to be the only one in possession of a
secret that the black helicopter crowd would certainly kill to keep secure.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
Finger for PGP key, f'print = 3A 5B D0 3F D9 A0 6A A4 2D AC 1E 9E A6 36 A3 47
