Quantum key distribution (QKD) systems enable secure key generation between two parties. Such systems require an authenticated classical channel for QKD protocols to work. Usually, the initial authentication key for this channel is pre‐shared. In this work, methods that are used to renew the pre‐shared keys ensuring a high level of security and performance for the subsequent quantum key generation are discussed. The model of QKD systems in terms of the lifecycle of the keys is formalised and a full set of parameters that can be used for key renewal functions is described. A detailed adversary model allows us to compare key renewal schemes by the probabilities of successful attacks and their consequences. As a result, it is shown that a hybrid key renewal scheme, which uses both the auxiliary pre‐shared key and a part of the quantum sequence, has the higher security properties among considered schemes and is recommended to be used in QKD systems.
В работе рассматриваются подкоды коразмерности 1 кодов Рида-Маллера. Получена классификация произведений Адамара таких подкодов. С помощью этой классификации авторам удалось установить, что в большинстве случаев задача восстановления секретного ключа кодовой криптосистемы, построенной на основе таких подкодов, эквивалентна задаче восстановления секретного ключа этой же криптосистемы, но построенной на самих кодах Рида-Маллера, для решения которой имеются достаточно эффективные алгоритмы.
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