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. © Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2010.
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Stebila, D., Mosca, M., & Lütkenhaus, N. (2010). The case for quantum key distribution. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Vol. 36 LNICST, pp. 283–296). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_35
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