Re: Algebraic cryptanalysis ?

David Honig (honig@sprynet.com)
Wed, 02 Sep 1998 09:36:17 -0700

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At 12:51 PM 9/2/98 +0100, Mok-Kong Shen wrote:
>Perhaps new computing paradigma like quantum or DNA computing could
>change this fact. I am skeptical even in that.
>
>M. K. Shen

DNA computing was shown to be impractical in a response in _Science_.
The problem is that you need large quantities (tens of moles) of
stuff to solve real search problems. Toy problems, with small search
spaces, are easy, but it doesn't scale.

David Honig

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