QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and Science · 2024
Classical computers use bits, whilst quantum computers use quantum bits (qubits).Quantum computers can perform tasks that classical computers are unable to perform.When ideal quantum computers are developed, they will be a serious threat to current encryption systems.This has prompted the development of post-quantum cryptography.The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have selected four post-quantum algorithms.Three employ lattice-based cryptography, whilst one employs hash-based cryptography.Although recent attacks on lattice-based cryptography mean that the post-quantum algorithms of the future are uncertain.