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Physical-layer encryption on the public internet: a stochastic approach to the Kish-Sethuraman cipher

Cryptography and Security 2015-06-16 v1

Abstract

While information-theoretic security is often associated with the one-time pad and quantum key distribution, noisy transport media leave room for classical techniques and even covert operation. Transit times across the public internet exhibit a degree of randomness, and cannot be determined noiselessly by an eavesdropper. We demonstrate the use of these measurements for information-theoretically secure communication over the public internet.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4174,
  title  = {Physical-layer encryption on the public internet: a stochastic approach to the Kish-Sethuraman cipher},
  author = {Lachlan J. Gunn and James M. Chappell and Andrew Allison and Derek Abbott},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4174},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures, to be presented at HotPI-2013