• DocumentCode
    2078362
  • Title

    Cracking quantum cryptography

  • Author

    Makarov, Vadim

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a technique to securely grow a shared secret key between two remote parties. Commercial implementations of QKD are available since 2005 and are used to secure network traffic (Fig. 1). QKD is proven unconditionally secure based on the laws of quantum physics. However, security proofs necessarily assume an idealized model of equipment. Numerous discrepancies between the model and actual hardware have been found, leading to loopholes that can be used to eavesdrop the secret key.
  • Keywords
    quantum cryptography; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; network traffic; quantum cryptography; quantum key distribution; quantum physics laws; secret key; Computer crime; Cryptography; Detectors; Logic gates; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943438
  • Filename
    5943438
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2078362