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Article #1159Re: Quantum cryptography: a flawed premise?
From: Robert Cain
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:17
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:17
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leichter@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes:
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: The attack against the *cryptosystem*, as opposed to the attack against QM,
: goes like this: The eavesdropper clones the photons and SAVES them - he
How does he do this? I know of no way to "save" a photon. Somehow mirrors
would be involved and I think interaction with a mirror would alter the
polarization state.
Bob
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!rcain From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) Subject: Re: Quantum cryptography: a flawed premise? Message-ID: <1992Oct13.061724.25758@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Oct12.184051.1@zodiac.rutgers.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:17:24 GMT Lines: 18