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First quantum crypto bank transfer
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:22:58 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com> Date: August 20, 2004 10:07:51 AM EDT To: cryptography () metzdowd com Subject: First quantum crypto bank transfer --- begin forwarded text From: "Andrew Thomas" <andrewt () nmh co za> To: <cypherpunks () al-qaeda net> Subject: First quantum crypto bank transfer Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:05:58 +0200 Sender: owner-cypherpunks () al-qaeda net Cryptography system goes underground (Aug 19) http://physicsweb.org/article/news/8/8/13 A group of scientists in Austria and Germany has installed an optical fibre quantum cryptography system under the streets of Vienna and used it to perform the first quantum secure bank wire transfer (A Poppe et al. 2004 Optics Express 12 3865). The quantum cryptography system consisted of a transmitter (Alice) at Vienna's City Hall and a receiver (Bob) at the headquarters of an Austrian bank. The sites were linked by 1.45 kilometres of single-mode optical fibre. -- Andrew G. Thomas --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah () ibuc com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing ListUnsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo () metzdowd com
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