[4143] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: quantum cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bram)
Fri Feb 5 17:56:56 1999
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:51:16 -0800 (PST)
From: bram <bram@gawth.com>
To: John Kelsey <kelsey@plnet.net>
Cc: coderpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990205110414.27071A-100000@blackbox>
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, bram wrote:
> I have a theory that no matter what computing machine is available, as
> long as the same machine is available to both the encrypter and the
> cracker, the cracker wins (barring non-turing complete machinery, of
> course.)
Jim Gillogly pointed out that I misspoke - I meant to say 'the encrypter
wins'
-Bram
