RE: Hackers beware: quantum encryption is coming

From: Party of Citizens (citizens@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sun Jun 22 2003 - 13:39:36 MDT

  • Next message: Harvey Newstrom: "RE: Hackers beware: quantum encryption is coming"

    What if the messages communicated and encrypted by quantum encryption are
    sent by quantum teleportation? Then the "man in the middle" to whom you
    refer, would have to be in hyperspace.
    POC

    On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

    > A good overview of Quantum Cryptography can be found at
    > <http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~jford/crypto.html>. It covers:
    >
    > 1. Introduction
    > 2. Standard Cryptography
    > 3. History of Quantum Cryptography
    > 4. Quantum Coding
    > 5. An Example Protocol
    > 6. Quantum Privacy Attacks
    > 7. References
    >
    > Sectopm 6 is the most important one for me. It shows how quantum
    > cryptography is still vulnerable to the man-in-the-middle attack. Such an
    > attack could conceivably be used to insert a wiretap between quantum
    > cryptographic communications points.
    >
    > --
    > Harvey Newstrom, CISM, CISSP, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC
    > Certified InfoSec Manager, Certified IS Security Pro, NSA-certified
    > InfoSec Assessor, IBM-certified Security Consultant, SANS-cert GSEC
    > <HarveyNewstrom.com> <Newstaff.com>
    >



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