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View SchemaA Proof of the Security of Quantum Key Distribution
| Authors | Eli Biham, Michel Boyer, P. Oscar Boykin, Tal Mor, Vwani Roychowdhury |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0511175 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511175 |
| Journal | Journal of cryptology 19, 381-439 (2006) |
Abstract
We prove the security of theoretical quantum key distribution against the most general attacks which can be performed on the channel, by an eavesdropper who has unlimited computation abilities, and the full power allowed by the rules of classical and quantum physics. A key created that way can then be used to transmit secure messages such that their security is also unaffected in the future.
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