Authors : Alharith A. Abdullah and Mustafa T. Mohammed
Abstract: In the web application security a public key cryptography play important role to provide a secure method for exchanging secret keys online. There are many key agreement algorithms, one of the most common key exchange algorithm is Diffie-Hellman which provides highly secure key exchange between communicating parties. In addition, the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a new key agreement method that uses the laws of quantum mechanics to exchange secret key securely. This study presents a comparative evaluation of possible classical and quantum key exchange systems for implementation in a web application security. We applied each of the key exchange algorithms to produce a shared random secret key between two parties to use to encrypt and decrypt messages through one of the symmetric encryption algorithms and then compares them in terms of features offered, ephemeral key, security, authentication, attacks, encryption/decryption efficiency, and key generation requirements.
Alharith A. Abdullah and Mustafa T. Mohammed, 2017. A Comparative Evaluation of a Classical and Quantum Key Exchange System for use in a Web Application Security. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 8229-8239.