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Comment by thadt

Strong pre-shared keys will continue to remain secure, even against a quantum computer.

Wireguard, for example, provides the ability to add a pre-shared key for endpoints, which it mixes in during key exchange. Wireguard sessions collected under such a configuration should remain safe when attacked by a future quantum computer, assuming that the shared keys remain secret.

Pre-shared keys are just inconvenient to handle safely.

parent thadt 2 years ago

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