ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Security proofs, module security, component characterisation and deployment parameters (GS QKD 005, 008, 011, 012) – ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)

ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) 005.4.1: 005.4.1 Probabilistic security statement with a quoted security parameter

A QKD key is claimed perfectly random and private except with probability epsilon, with which an adversary may be assumed to know the whole key; every QKD device therefore has to quote not only the key length it produces over a given time and distance but also the epsilon of that key. A security proof shall state for which system parameters (loss, error rate) a key can be obtained with what epsilon, and precisely which protocol settings (how much privacy amplification) reach the target. Aborted runs count towards epsilon, and because failure probabilities compose, N runs over a system's life carry a total of N times epsilon, which must itself stay small.

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