Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2007-05-15
Physics
Quantum Physics
7 pages, 3 figures. A single typo was corrected at the end of the manuscript: (K0/d)!-> K0!/d
Scientific paper
Although one-time pad encrypted files can be sent through Internet channels, the need for renewing shared secret keys have made this method unpractical. This work presents a scheme to turn practical the fast sharing of random keys over arbitrary Internet channels. Starting with a shared secret key sequence of length K_0 the users end up with a secure new sequence K >> K_0. Using these sequences for posteriori message encryption the legitimate users have absolute security control without the need for third parties. Additionally, the security level does not depend on the unproven difficulty of factoring numbers in primes. In the proposed scheme a fast optical random source generates random bits and noise for key renewals. The transmitted signals are recorded signals that carries both the random binary signals to be exchanged and physical noise that cannot be eliminated by the attacker. These signals allow amplification over the Internet network without degrading security. The proposed system is also secure against a-posteriori known-plaintext attack on the key. Information-theoretic analysis is presented and bounds for secure operation are quantitatively determined.
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