Daniel J. Bernstein on Nostr: Some energy numbers for breaking a post-quantum proposal, SIKEp751: reports 11 ...
Some energy numbers for breaking a post-quantum proposal, SIKEp751:
https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/376 reports 11 seconds to break one key on a mass-market Intel Xeon Gold 6248R. That's a 200-watt CPU; maybe 100 watts more for MB, RAM, PS inefficiency; so about $0.0001 electricity per key.
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