期刊名称:International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
印刷版ISSN:1738-7906
出版年度:2009
卷号:9
期号:12
页码:21-28
出版社:International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security
摘要:Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) or quantum cryptography has been developed within the last decade, it is proved that QKD is secure against computer attacks and it is considered as a promising solution towards absolute security within long-term cryptosystems. Currently, research efforts are required to make strongly secure the existing communication protocols; we suggest as an issue to improve their security levels by integrating QKD. In this paper, we explore the possibility of using QKD for local area networks (LAN); we propose thus a scheme for integrating quantum cryptography in the TLS protocol. This will much contribute to enhance the process of authentication and data encryption. We present also an example to illustrate the feasibility of our scheme��s implementation.