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by andr 2577 days ago
So RSA has some 10-20 years to go. Is there a quantum computing-proof encryption algorithm, or is it just a matter of increasing key lengths?
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Many old, hard problems are still hard even on quantum computers (SAT, TSP, etc. cannot be solved in polynomial time on quantum computers). Factoring can be done in polynomial time on quantum computers. FFT can be made even faster. But again, some classic, hard problems still stand. So don't worry, quantum computers are not magic solutions to all hard problems, just some.
> Is there a quantum computing-proof encryption algorithm

This is still an area of active research. For instance, there are learning-with-errors-based cryptosystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_with_errors#Use_in_cr... But such systems are based on the assumption that "this type of problem is probably hard even with quantum computers". I believe we don't have anything more "quantum-proof" than that..

And of course, there are cryptosystems with unconditional security. Such as OTP.