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==Properties== | ==Properties== | ||
A quantum key distribution protocol is secure if it is ''correct'' and ''secret''. Correctness is the statement that Alice and Bob share the same string of bits, namely the secret key, at the end of the protocol. Secrecy is the statement that the eavesdropper is | A quantum key distribution protocol is secure if it is ''correct'' and ''secret''. Correctness is the statement that Alice and Bob share the same string of bits, namely the secret key, at the end of the protocol. Secrecy is the statement that the eavesdropper is totally ignorant about the final key. | ||
*'''Correctness''' A QKD protocol is <math>\epsilon_{\rm corr}</math>-correct if the probability that the final key of Alice differs from the final key of Bob, is smaller than <math>\epsilon_{\rm corr}</math> | *'''Correctness''' A QKD protocol is <math>\epsilon_{\rm corr}</math>-correct if the probability that the final key of Alice differs from the final key of Bob, is smaller than <math>\epsilon_{\rm corr}</math> |