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tptacektoday at 4:21 AM1 replyview on HN

There's a lot of basic computer science hiding in it that's been remarkably stable for generations of computer scientists, which is not something you can say about asymmetric cryptography.


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kadobantoday at 4:30 AM

Is there? Like...kind of, but on the face of it I'd say about the same amount in both. If you look back at DES there's a _lot_ in common with modern ciphers, but like, RSA is still in use and that's old as shit.

I think you're right if your point is that we're more likely to see big breaks in asymmetric crypto, but it's kind of based on vibes to me, it's not really clear that it's provable in any way with anything like our current understanding.

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