The case for quantum key distribution
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Sergienko , A Villoresi , P Pascazio , S |
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02/12/2009
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Quantum key distribution (QKD) promises secure key agreement by using quantum mechanical systems. We argue that QKD will be an important part of future cryptographic infrastructures. It can provide long-term confidentiality for encrypted information without reliance on computational assumptions. Although QKD still requires authentication to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, it can make use of either information-theoretically secure symmetric key authentication or computationally secure public key authentication: even when using public key authentication, we argue that QKD still offers stronger security than classical key agreement. |
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Springer |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27219/1/c27219.pdf DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_35 Stebila, Douglas, Mosca, Michele, & Lutkenhaus, Norbert (2009) The case for quantum key distribution. In Sergienko , A, Villoresi , P, & Pascazio , S (Eds.) Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Springer, Vico Equense, Italy, pp. 283-296. |
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Copyright 2009 Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering This is the author-version of the work. Conference proceedings published, by Springer Verlag, will be available via Lecture Notes in Computer Science http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/ |
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Information Security Institute |
Palavras-Chave | #080402 Data Encryption #020603 Quantum Information Computation and Communication #quantum key distribution #quantum cryptography |
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Conference Paper |