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05 February 2012

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"Many crypto-systems considered robust have been broken after a certain amount of time (between 10-20 years). ... We need to build crypto-systems that offer long term security, for example for protecting financial and medical information (medical information such as our DNA may be sensitive information with impact on our children, our grandchildren and beyond)."
SecurIST, “D3.3 – ICT Security & Dependability Research beyond 2010: Final Strategy”, January 2007

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“The rapidly evolving field of quantum computers is one of the most active research areas of modern science, attracting substantial funding that supports research groups at internationally leading academic institutions, national laboratories, and major industrial-research centers.”

ARDA, Report of the Quantum Information Science and Technology Experts Panel, 2004

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"Unfortunately, the security issues of a technology near the end of its lifetime are typically overlooked. The best known example is that of cryptographic keys and algorithms which may need to offer in some cases security for 50 to 100 years."
SecurIST, “D3.3 – ICT Security & Dependability Research beyond 2010: Final Strategy”, January 2007
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Quantum Cryptanalysis ( 4 Articles )

Facts and frequently asked questions about quantum algorithms and their conjectured impact on modern cryptographic security systems.
Symmetric Primitives ( 1 Article )

Facts and frequently asked questions about symmetric cryptography. Block ciphers, stream ciphers and hash functions are symmetric operations. A symmetric keyed operation is where the sender and receiver share a common key to perform encoding and decoding of a message. Examples include DES and AES. A symmetric unkeyed operation is where the sender and receiver call the same cryptographic operation on a message. For example the SHA hash function.
Asymmetric Primitives ( 1 Article )

Facts and frequently asked questions about public key cryptography. Public key cryptography is where there are two mathematically related keys (private and public) used to perform encryption and digital signature operations. Examples include RSA, D&H, ECC.

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