• flatbield ( furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) 
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    3 years ago

    Symmetric crypto is not threatened as far as I know. Public key crypto is. So I am not sure what the big issue is for cloud storage. Web and certs and tls sure a problem. Then again our CA system is not that secure now.

    • Not my field, but here’s what I found on Wikipedia:

      In contrast to the threat quantum computing poses to current public-key algorithms, most current symmetric cryptographic algorithms and hash functions are considered to be relatively secure against attacks by quantum computers.[2][9] While the quantum Grover’s algorithm does speed up attacks against symmetric ciphers, doubling the key size can effectively block these attacks.[10] Thus post-quantum symmetric cryptography does not need to differ significantly from current symmetric cryptography. Source: Post-Quantum Cryptography

      There are some linked PDFs on that page, for those who want to know more.