Re: Time Expiry Alogorithm??

* Andrew Farmer:

> Especially considering that there aren't enough atoms in the universe to
> store all that precalculated data, nor enough energy to do all the
> calculations.

Typically, such estimates ignore the possibilities of quantum
superpositions.

> (Schneier says that there's enough energy in a supernova to do about
> 2^224 operations on a 100% efficient computer. And remember that AES
> or PGP take multiple operations to calculate results...)

Schneier's estimates are wrong. They are based on the incorrect
assumption that all bit operations are irreversible and
entropy-increasing. There is no hard evidence that this is true in
general.

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Received on Nov 23 2004