[TriLUG] best way to hack root...

Jason Watts jsnonzzr at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 13:42:33 EST 2013


Is there any real prommis if them being here anytime soon? And im thinking
real time usage in real world environments. Not labs and the gov trying to
stay one up on everyone else..

Sorry but I have payed little attention to how close quantum computing
really is.
On Feb 22, 2013 1:35 PM, "Igor Partola" <igor at igorpartola.com> wrote:

> Absolutely. Or if you are dealing with, say, more than just your family
> pictures. Maybe you work for the CIA, or NASA, etc. It might be worth it to
> someone to build a supercomputer just to get at the data on your laptop.
> And you really don't want to have to spend millions on cracking your
> passphrase if you just happen to forget it.
>
> Quantum computers make all of this (and many other things) much more
> complex, though I guess we'll also get a different type of security with
> them.
>
> Igor
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:
>
> > That's an interesting idea, but IMO the "publish it to the Internet" part
> > is not necessary and would constitute a bet that quantum computers or the
> > like won't come along and screw you in a very uncomfortable fashion.
> >
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