Comments on “A New Transient Attack on the Kish Key Distribution System”

• Autorzy: Kish L. B. , Granqvist C. G.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/mms-2016-0039

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A recent IEEE Access Paper by Gunn, Allison and Abbott (GAA) proposed a new transient attack against the Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise (KLJN) secure key exchange system. The attack is valid, but it is easy to build a defense for the KLJN system. Here we note that GAA’s paper contains several invalid statements regarding security measures and the continuity of functions in classical physics. These deficiencies are clarified in our present paper, wherein we also emphasize that a new version of the KLJN system is immune against all existing attacks, including the one by GAA.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

measurement theory; information security; foundations of physics; engineering over-simplifications

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 3
• Strony: 321--331
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 50 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Kish L. B.

• Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, TX 77843-3128, USA

autor

Granqvist C. G.

• Uppsala University, Department of Engineering Sciences, P.O. Box 534, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden

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