Introducing quantum-resistant encryption algorithms

You’ve likely heard of quantum computers, which have nothing to do with the old Quantum Leap show on television. This new type of computer is still in the experimental stage, and likely will remain there for some time to come. Still, there’s a lot of hype about what they’ll be like when they finally are ready for production use. Supposedly, they’ll be way more powerful than the current generation of computers, and they’ll supposedly be able to easily crack even the strongest of the current encryption algorithms. Indeed, that’s a rather scary prediction. (Perhaps it’s fitting that I’m typing this on Halloween, the scariest day of the year.)

Even though there’s some skepticism about whether this dire prediction will come true, or whether production-grade quantum computers will even see the light of day, the U.S. federal government is taking this seriously. Here’...