Will it ever be possible to run all web traffic via HTTPS?

Question

I was considering what would it take (technologically) to move all the web traffic to HTTPS. I thought that computers are getting faster, and faster, so some time from now i

Answer 1

1. Encryption would not have to get 10x stronger in the sense that you would not need to use 10x more bits. The difficulty of brute force cracking increases exponentially with an increasing key length. At most key lengths would have to get slightly longer.
2. What would be the point of running all traffic through SSL, even stuff where there is obviously no advantage? This seems incredibly wasteful. For example, it seems ridiculous to download a Linux distro through SSL.