The Case for Quantum Key Distribution

@article{Stebila2009TheCF,
  title={The Case for Quantum Key Distribution},
  author={Douglas Stebila and Michele Mosca and Norbert L{\"u}tkenhaus},
  journal={IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.},
  year={2009},
  volume={2009},
  pages={82},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:457259}
}
It is argued that QKD will be an important part of future cryptographic infrastructures because it can provide long-term confidentiality for encrypted information without reliance on computational assumptions.
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