Multi-Mediated Semi-Quantum Key Distribution
| Title | Multi-Mediated Semi-Quantum Key Distribution |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Krawec, Walter O. |
| Conference Name | 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) |
| Date Published | dec |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-7281-0960-2 |
| Keywords | adversarial quantum server, arbitrary MM-SQKD protocols, Companies, cryptographic protocols, fully-quantum, Gain measurement, Human Behavior, human factors, information theoretic security, information theoretic security analysis, Metrics, multimediated semiquantum key distribution, multimediated SQKD protocol, policy-based governance, private key cryptography, Protocols, pubcrawl, public key cryptography, quantum cryptography, quantum noise, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability, security, semiquantum key distribution protocol, semiquantum users, Servers, shared secret key, Standards, telecommunication security |
| Abstract | A semi-quantum key distribution (SQKD) protocol allows two users A and B to establish a shared secret key that is secure against an all-powerful adversary E even when one of the users (e.g., B) is semi-quantum or classical in nature while the other is fully-quantum. A mediated SQKD protocol allows two semi-quantum users to establish a key with the help of an adversarial quantum server. We introduce the concept of a multi-mediated SQKD protocol where two (or more) adversarial quantum servers are used. We construct a new protocol in this model and show how it can withstand high levels of quantum noise, though at a cost to efficiency. We perform an information theoretic security analysis and, along the way, prove a general security result applicable to arbitrary MM-SQKD protocols. Finally, a comparison is made to previous (S)QKD protocols. |
| URL | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9024404 |
| DOI | 10.1109/GCWkshps45667.2019.9024404 |
| Citation Key | krawec_multi-mediated_2019 |
- Protocols
- telecommunication security
- standards
- shared secret key
- Servers
- semiquantum users
- semiquantum key distribution protocol
- security
- Scalability
- Resiliency
- resilience
- quantum noise
- quantum cryptography
- public key cryptography
- pubcrawl
- adversarial quantum server
- private key cryptography
- policy-based governance
- multimediated SQKD protocol
- multimediated semiquantum key distribution
- Metrics
- information theoretic security analysis
- information theoretic security
- Human Factors
- Human behavior
- Gain measurement
- fully-quantum
- Cryptographic Protocols
- Companies
- arbitrary MM-SQKD protocols