From Quantum Cheating to Quantum Security
arXiv:quant-ph/0111100 · doi:10.1063/1.1333282
Abstract
For thousands of years, code-makers and code-breakers have been competing for supremacy. Their arsenals may soon include a powerful new weapon: quantum mechanics. We give an overview of quantum cryptology as of November 2000.
14 pages, 4 figures. Originally appeared in Physics Today: <http://www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-53/iss-11/p22.html>. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of both the author and the American Institute of Physics