METHOD OF INTEGRATING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION WITH INTERNET KEY EXCHANGE PROTOCOL

摘要

A method of integrating quantum key distribution with Internet key exchange protocol, wherein the method comprises exchanging quantum-shared secret index from a cryptographic key database in Phase 1 of the Internet key exchange protocol between an initiator and a responder (100), integrating a number of quantum-shared secret from the cryptographic key database with classic shared secret using a predetermined operation mode in Phase 2 of the Internet key exchange protocol (200) to generate an array of security associations to be used by the initiator and the responder during a single Internet key exchange session, and managing inbound and outbound of the array of security associations in a security association database (402) using a database structure.