Strongly Secure Connection Establishment
(S04)
Subject Area
Theoretical Computer Science
Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
Term
since 2014
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 236615297
Secure communication between endpoints can be decomposed into a key exchange protocol and a subsequent channel protocol. The goal of the project is to harden these protocols against advanced attacks, both on the network layer and the end points. In particular, they shall withstand fault and quantum attacks. To this end, the project considers the usage of multiple, distributed communication paths on the one hand, and optical physical unclonable functions with quantum readouts for authentication, on the other.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres