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From Quantum Cheating to Quantum Security
For thousands of years, code-makers and code-breakers have been competing for
supremacy. Their arsenals may soon include a powerful new weapon: quantum
mechanics. We give an overview of quantum cryptology as of November 2000.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures. Originally appeared in Physics Today:
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