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[OT] Can a combinatorial hardware circuit solve a crypto problem?



On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 12:24:17PM -0700, coderman wrote:
> On 10/2/14, Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > DISCLAIMER: I am noob at electronics, this is crazy or
> > at best a fishing expedition...
> > ...
> > If you are lucky to hit stable state, you have solved
> > $f(x)=x$.
> 
> what you are describing in a round about way is an adiabatic
> representation of brute force. the jury is out, and certainly not with
> existing fabrication, but potentially 2^64 cost for a 128 bit key.
> this is why TOP SECRET demands 256 bit keys. (also Grover's algorithm,
> among other reasons?)
> 
> "the literature" should be enlightening, given these terms to key on.
> 
> 
> best regards,


Thanks. 

By "existing fabrication" do you mean we can't manufacture 
good enough circuit for this purpose (modulo time 2^64)?
What is considered wire on the circuit in practice is resistor
and the wires will have different resistances which might influence
the unorthodoxal experiment?