There's a paper that claims one can factor a RSA-2048 modulus with the help of a 372-qubit quantum computer. Are we all gonna die?Also some musings about Bruce Schneier.Errata:Schneier's honorary PhD is from the University of Westminster, not UW.
Transcript:https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2023/01/06/has-rsa-been-destroyed-by-a-quantum-computer/Links:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.12372.pdfhttps://eprint.iacr.org/2021/232.pdfhttps://github.com/lducas/SchnorrGatehttps://sweis.medium.com/did-schnorr-destroy-rsa-show-me-the-factors-dcb1bb980ab0https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/breaking-rsa-with-a-quantum-computer.htmlhttps://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6957
"Security Cryptography Whatever" is hosted by Deirdre Connolly (@durumcrustulum), Thomas Ptacek (@tqbf), and David Adrian (@davidcadrian)
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