Title :
A novel extension of SSL/TLS based on quantum key distribution
Author :
Faraj, Sufyan T.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Univ. of Anbar, Ramadi
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel extension of SSL/TLS that significantly facilitates the integration of quantum key distribution (QKD) with the already-existing Internet security infrastructure. This extended version of SSL/TLS is called QSSL (quantum SSL). During the development of QSSL, a concentration has been made on the creation of a simple, efficient, general, and flexible architecture that enables the deployment of practical quantum cryptographic-based security applications. Indeed, QSSL efficiently supports unconditionally secure encryption (one-time pad) and/or unconditionally secure authentication (based on universal hashing). A simplified version of QSSL based on BB84 (Bennett-Brassard 1984) QKD protocol has also been implemented and experimentally tested.
Keywords :
Internet; cryptographic protocols; quantum cryptography; telecommunication security; Internet security; QKD protocol; SSL-TLS extension; quantum SSL; quantum cryptography; quantum key distribution; secure authentication; secure encryption; Authentication; Computer vision; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Data security; Distributed computing; Information security; Internet; Quantum computing; Sockets;
Conference_Titel :
Computer and Communication Engineering, 2008. ICCCE 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1691-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1692-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCE.2008.4580740
