On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:03:40 -0800 David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> >Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been
> >discussed here ?
> >
> >Udhay
>
> Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum theory
> (here, discrete photons; elsewhere, entangled photons)
> to detect or prevent leaking bits.
>
> More elegant than gas-pressurized, pressure-monitored 'secure' cables, but
> the same idea.
Except that eavesdropping on the quantum key distribution channel is _always_
detected (by `laws of nature'), which is not true for these pressure-monitored
cables.
Jaap-Henk
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