ACHIEVING UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY IN EXISTING NETWORKS USING QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY

Stefan Rass, Mohamed Ali Sfaxi, Solange Ghernaouti-Hélie

2006

Abstract

Based on extensions to the protocols PPP and IPSEC, we present a working proposal for building a network over which messages can be sent unconditionally secure. We will show how quantum cryptography can be implemented in classical protocols and how existing networks can be efficiently extended to suit our needs for unconditional security. We show that graph connectivity is crucial for the security of the transmission. For that matter, we provide secure routing services, so an adversary cannot penetrate any message flow successfully. Furthermore, our protocols are extensible to allow up to t − 1 adversaries (possibly cooperating) while remaining unconditionally secure.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rass S., Ali Sfaxi M. and Ghernaouti-Hélie S. (2006). ACHIEVING UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY IN EXISTING NETWORKS USING QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-63-4, pages 207-210. DOI: 10.5220/0002094702070210

in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt06,
author={Stefan Rass and Mohamed Ali Sfaxi and Solange Ghernaouti-Hélie},
title={ACHIEVING UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY IN EXISTING NETWORKS USING QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={207-210},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002094702070210},
isbn={978-972-8865-63-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2006)
TI - ACHIEVING UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY IN EXISTING NETWORKS USING QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
SN - 978-972-8865-63-4
AU - Rass S.
AU - Ali Sfaxi M.
AU - Ghernaouti-Hélie S.
PY - 2006
SP - 207
EP - 210
DO - 10.5220/0002094702070210