The Case for Quantum Key Distribution Export

@article{citeulike:4066409, 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.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Stebila, Douglas and Mosca, Michele and L\"{u}tkenhaus, Norbert}, citeulike-article-id = {4066409}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2839}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0902.2839}, day = {17}, eprint = {0902.2839}, keywords = {qkd}, month = {Feb}, posted-at = {2009-02-18 03:35:58}, priority = {2}, title = {The Case for Quantum Key Distribution}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2839}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4066409 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4066409 N2 - 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. TI - The Case for Quantum Key Distribution KW - qkd AU - Stebila, Douglas AU - Mosca, Michele AU - Lütkenhaus, Norbert PY - 2009/Feb/17/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2839 ER -