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A few years ago the technological development of a novel technology started that is widely known as “Quantum Cryptography”. But Quantum Cryptography is not a cryptographic technology. It uses some quantum physical principles to exchange binary keys between two partners that can be used subsequently to encrypt communication data. Therefore the technology can be better described as “Quantum Key Distribution” or in short “QKD”.
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Monyk, C. (2010). Quantum Cryptography. In: Stavroulakis, P., Stamp, M. (eds) Handbook of Information and Communication Security. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04117-4_8
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