'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled

10 posts ยท 2008-10-09 11:26:45 to 2008-10-10 14:10:44

#36300508092 10/09/2008 11:26:45 'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
Perfect secrecy has come a step closer with the launch of the world's first computer network protected by unbreakable quantum encryption at a scientific conference in Vienna.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7661311.stm

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#36300508095 10/09/2008 11:34:21 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled

Dammit, now I'll never get the Colonel's Secret Recipe.

I know it's only 11 herbs and spices, but I can't get the combination right!

That recipe is already more locked down than the US Mint.

#36300508096 10/09/2008 11:41:54 Re:Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
ShiXinFeng wrote:

Dammit, now I'll never get the Colonel's Secret Recipe.

I know it's only 11 herbs and spices, but I can't get the combination right!

That recipe is already more locked down than the US Mint.

Dangit, now I'm hungry for KFC. >.<


That does sound promising though.
#36300508100 10/09/2008 11:50:32 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
Current range is 100km, so it's not yet an application for distant networking. But well, I'm sure they'll get through that.
#36300508135 10/09/2008 13:00:12 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
If someone made it, someone can break it.
#36300508182 10/09/2008 13:49:35 Re:Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
eval wrote:
If someone made it, someone can break it.
Anything that can be done can also be undone...
#36300508188 10/09/2008 13:57:20 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
Pretty sure I already read a paper where some guy found a way to peek without altering the information. Let me try to find it.

EDIT: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.3408v1
#36300508335 10/09/2008 16:29:14 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
I could hack it in an hour sober ;p
#36300508434 10/09/2008 19:26:16 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled
Not unbreakable... It's simply uses auto intrusion detection shut-down and re-route.

But just like every system ever invented, if it has to be decoded on the receiver's end as human-readable information, all you have to do is tap the receiver's machine.

The weakest point in any system is ALWAYS the users.

It would be useful for inter military bunker comms. But as it requires unbroken optic cables it would be quite susceptable to interferance in times of war.

I like the concept, but it needs a lot of work.
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#36300508729 10/10/2008 14:10:44 Re:'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled