The case for quantum key distribution

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_35MaRDI QIDQ3064339zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Douglas Stebila, Michele Mosca, Norbert Lütkenhaus

Publication date 21 December 2010

Published in Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2839, https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27219/1/c27219.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

quantum cryptographyquantum key distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60) Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)

Abstract: 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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