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Why Quantum Cryptography?
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Abstract: | Quantum Key Exchange (QKE, also known as Quantum Key Distribution or QKD) allows communicating parties to securely establish cryptographic keys. It is a well-established fact that all QKE protocols require that the parties have access to an authentic channel. Without this authenticated link, QKE is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Unfortunately this fact is frequently overlooked, resulting in exaggerated claims and/or false expectations about the potential impact of QKE. In this paper we present a systematic comparison of QKE with traditional key exchange protocols in realistic secure communication systems. |
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2004-12128, title={Why Quantum Cryptography?}, booktitle={IACR Eprint archive}, keywords={applications / quantum cryptography}, url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/156}, note={Also available at quant-ph/0406147 kenny.paterson@rhul.ac.uk 12605 received 6 Jul 2004}, author={Kenneth G. Paterson and Fred Piper and Ruediger Schack}, year=2004 }