Quantum Communications and Cryptography
All current methods of secure communication such as public-key cryptography can eventually be broken by faster computing. At the interface of physics and computer science lies a powerful solution for secure communications: quantum cryptography. Because eavesdropping changes the physical nature of the information, users in a quantum exchange can easily detect eavesdroppers. This allows for totally secure random key distribution, a central requirement for use of the one-time pad. Since the one-time pad is theoretically proven to be undecipherable, quantum cryptography is the key to perfect secrecy.
- Authors / Editors:
- Sergienko and Alexander V.
- Price:
- $124,95, £69,99
- Print ISSN:
- 978-0-8493-3684-3
- Launch:
- Nov. 2005
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