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Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world

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Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world
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With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing absolutely clear: Contrary to popular mythology that refuses to die, AES 128 is perfectly fine in a post-quantum world.
AES 128 is the most widely used variety of the Advanced Encryption Standard, a block cipher suite formally adopted by NIST in 2001. While the specification allows 192- and 256-bit key

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