Re: [arch-d] [IAB] [E-impact] New IAB Technical Program: Environmental Impacts of Internet Technology (EIMPACT)

[Hesham ElBakoury <[e-mail]>]

I moved the discussion about quantum computers energy efficiency to qirg
email list.

Thanks
Hesham

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 12:11 PM Mirja Kuehlewind <[e-mail]> wrote:

> There is a research group on quantum computing which is probably the
> better place for this discussion. I recommend you to subscribe to the list
> of that group: https://irtf.org/qirg.html
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> Also note that we provided this information to the ITU-T two years ago:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/1757/
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> On 26. Aug 2023, at 19:37, Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>
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> One interesting result might be that quantum computers are practical, but
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> horribly energy inefficient.    I suspect many PQC algorithms cost more in
> energy than E[CD]DSA; certainly they cost more bytes on the wire.
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> We could wind up in a future where we can break RSA, but it costs the
> daily energy
> budget of a small nation to do it.  We'll all know by the rolling blackouts
> when someone tries...
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> Meanwhile, rapidly changing discrete keys could be energetically cheaper.
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> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
>           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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