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Quantum Computing and QuantumCryptography
What do they mean for traditional cryptography?
Tim Moses
Director, Advanced Security Technology
Robert Zuccherato
Chief Cryptographer January 13, 2005Version 1.1
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Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography
© Copyright 2005 Entrust. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction......................................................................................................................... 2
1.1
Classical Physics and Computation....................................................................... 2
2
Quantum Mechanics........................................................................................................... 2
3
Quantum Cryptography...................................................................................................... 4
3.1
Random Processes .................................................................................................. 4
3.2
The Key Distribution Problem................................................................................. 4
3.3
The Quantum Solution............................................................................................. 4
3.4
Quantum vs. Public-Key Cryptography.................................................................. 6
4
Quantum Computing .......................................................................................................... 7
4.1
Realizing a Quantum Computer.............................................................................. 7
4.2
Effect on Information Security Industry................................................................. 8
5
Conclusions......................................................................................................................... 9
6
About Entrust...................................................................................................................... 9
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