Integration of a quantum authenticated key distribution scheme in the EAP-TLS protocol
Aymen Ghilen, Mostafa Azizi, Ridha Bouallègue · 2015
The expanded use of wireless networks has led to significant improvement in security approaches that aim to protect information. Providing secure communication for wireless local area network (WLAN) has become one of the prime concerns. The current standard for exchanging a secret key to authenticate users and ensure secure data transmission within EAP-TLS protocol relies on Public Key Infrastructure. This technique remains secure only in case of limited computational power of eavesdroppers. Thus, we propose a quantum extension of EAP-TLS which allows exchanging a cryptographic key and authenticating a remote client peer with absolute security, ensured by the laws of quantum laws.