DocumentCode
3263711
Title
Protocol and applications for sharing quantum private keys
Author
Wang, Han-Wei ; Lin, Thren-Sheng ; Tsai, I-Ming ; Kuo, Sy-Yen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
fYear
2005
fDate
11-14 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
204
Lastpage
207
Abstract
Transmitting message in secret is getting more and more important nowadays. In the classical world, the message we sent run the risk of being intercepted by an attacker. As a result, we have to encrypt the message, or send it using a private channel. However, if we transmit messages via such methods, there are still some ways to decipher the information. For example, a powerful computer can be used to decrypt the message or try to steal the message from the private channel. In quantum cryptography, entanglement can be used as a secure channel to transmit information with absolute secrecy. From this perspective, quantum entanglement pairs are equivalent to a quantum private key. However, like the classical key distribution problem, the entanglement has to be shared before it can be used. In this paper, we propose a protocol that can be used to distribute such entanglement pairs securely, so they can be subsequently used to transmit messages with perfect security. The security of this protocol is based on the laws of nature, instead of unproven mathematical hard problems
Keywords
private key cryptography; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; message decryption; message encryption; message transmission; protocol; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; quantum private keys sharing; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Energy states; International trade; Particle measurements; Physics computing; Polynomials; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics; Security;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Security Technology, 2005. CCST '05. 39th Annual 2005 International Carnahan Conference on
Conference_Location
Las Palmas
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9245-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCST.2005.1594855
Filename
1594855
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