Non-Interactive Quantum Key Distribution

ePrint Report: Non-Interactive Quantum Key Distribution

Giulio Malavolta, Michael Walter

Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows Alice and Bob to agree on a shared secret key, while communicating over a public (untrusted) quantum channel.
Compared to classical key exchange, it has two main advantages:


(i)The key is unconditionally hidden to the eyes of any attacker, and


(ii) its security assumes only the existence of authenticated classical channels which, in practice, can be realized using Minicrypt assumptions, such as the existence of …

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