A Novel NTT-Based Authentication Scheme for 10-GHz Quantum Key Distribution Systems
- Authors
- Zhao, Baokang; Liu, Bo; Wu, Chunqing; Yu, Wanrong; Su, Jinshu; You, Ilsun; Palmieri, Francesco
- Issue Date
- Aug-2016
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Keywords
- Authentication; number-theoretic transforms (NTT); quantum key distribution (QKD); security; universal hash functions; 10-Ghz QKD system
- Citation
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, v.63, no.8, pp 5101 - 5108
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- Volume
- 63
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 5101
- End Page
- 5108
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/8892
- DOI
- 10.1109/TIE.2016.2552152
- ISSN
- 0278-0046
1557-9948
- Abstract
- The quantum key distribution (QKD) technology is achieving a growing interest in both the scientific and industrial communities. Based on principles of quantum mechanics, it can provide unconditional security in key exchanges over end-to-end communication channels. Information-theoretically secure (ITS) authentication, the compulsory procedure of QKD systems, avoids the man-in-the-middle attack during the security key generation. In this paper, we propose a novel family of almost strongly universal (ASU) hash functions based on number-theoretic transforms (N-ASU), and prove that N-ASU hash functions can meet the high security requirement of an ITS authentication procedure. With such N-ASU hash functions, we propose a novel efficient NTT-based authentication algorithm (N-Auth) for QKD systems. Such a solution offers nearly the same security guarantees provided by the available authentication algorithms built upon ASU hash functions, but is characterized by a much lower computational complexity. The experimental results show that the N-Auth algorithm can fully meet the real-time and high-performance demands of modern 10-GHz QKD systems, making it a viable solution for the implementation of industrial-strength unconditionally secure broadband communication solutions.
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