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Is Vault resistant to attacks from quantum computers?
I've been researching vault lately, and I really like that it uses strong cryptography for it's core security mechanisms.
I want to learn more about this, because it's interesting to discuss and it may end up affecting many security systems in the future.
Is Vault resistant to attacks from quantum computer? I've been researching vault lately, and I really like that it uses strong cryptography for it's core security mechanisms. But I couldn't help but wonder, just how secure are those implementations? Can someone trick the TLS authentication, or brute force decrypt Vault's secrets with quantum encryption? If they can be brute force attacked, then could vault be rebuilt to resist quantum attacks?
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v6 commented Feb 28, 2019

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Backstory: I've been researching Vault lately, and I like that it uses strong cryptography as one of its core security mechanisms.

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I want to learn more about this, because it is interesting to discuss, and because it may end up affecting a lot of security systems in the future that rely on conventional cryptography.

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v6 commented Feb 28, 2019

I know a little bit about cryptography concepts from...

I read the security model: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/internals/security.html#external-threat-overview

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v6 commented Feb 28, 2019

Looks good as-is, btw. Let me know if you post it, and I can add to the discussion!

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Is Vault resistant to attacks from quantum computer? I've been researching vault lately, and I really like that it uses strong cryptography for it's core security mechanisms. But I couldn't help but wonder, just how secure are those implementations? Can someone trick the TLS authentication, or brute force decrypt Vault's secrets with quantum encryption? If they can be brute force attacked, then could vault be rebuilt to resist quantum attacks?

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v6 commented Aug 27, 2019

@alexandereliott,
do you mind if I share this with Cory?

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