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quantum computer factors number
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Bellovin)
Thu Dec 20 15:20:30 2001
From: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:12:41 -0500
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A quantum computer has been built that has actually factored a number: 15.
It's not a very interesting number from a cryptographic perspective,
but it is real. http://www.nature.com/nature/links/011220/011220-2.html
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com
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