Follow up from our Quantum Crypto article:

For the readers that were interested by this discussion, I would like to refer to the White Paper recently published by the SECOQC European Project, dealing with QKD and Cryptography.

Here is the link
http://www.secoqc.net/downloads/secoqc_crypto_wp.pdf

And here is the abstract

The SECOQC White Paper on Quantum Key Distribution is the outcome on a thorough consultation and discussion among the participants of the European project SECOQC (www.secoqc.net).
This paper is a review article that attempts to position Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in terms of cryptographic applications. A detailed comparison of QKD with the solutions currently in use to solve the key distribution problem, based on classical cryptography, is provided. We also detail how the work on QKD networks lead within SECOQC will allow the deployment of long-distance secure communication infrastructures based on quantum cryptography
The purpose of the White Paper is finally to promote closer collaboration between classical and quantum cryptographers. We believe that very fruitful research, involving both communities, could emerge in the future years and try to sketch what may be the next challenges in this direction.

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Dr. Romain Alléaume
Assistant Professor / Maître de Conférence
ENST Paris & LTCI-UMR CNRS 5141
Network and Computer Science Department / Département Informatique et Réseaux
37/39 rue Dareau, 75014 Paris, France

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