Quantum key distribution (QKD) comprises technologies that use quantum mechanical effects to distribute private keys to distant partners. The goals of the present document are as follows: – to make precise the nature of the security claim, including its statistical component; – to list meaningful restrictions of adversarial action; – to clarify the difference between security claim of a protocol (based on models) and the security claim of its implementation; – to carefully list all the usual components of a QKD protocol with their critical characterizations.
Status: Published
Publication Date: 2012-01-12
Category: Quantum Computing
Working Group: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Primary Source: V1.1.1 (2010-12)
Source: https://www.standict.eu/standards-repository/etsi-gs-qkd-005-v111
