Software Security and Quantum Communication: A Long-distance Free-space Implementation Plan of QSDC Without Quantum Memory

Software Security and Quantum Communication: A Long-distance Free-space Implementation Plan of QSDC Without Quantum Memory

연구 분야: Infrastructure

학회: ICSED '24: Proceedings of the 2024 6th International Conference on Software Engineering and Development

Software security is crucial to ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of software systems and applications. However, conventional cryptographic methods based on mathematical assumptions are vulnerable to various attacks, especially in the era of quantum computing. Therefore, there is a need for a new paradigm of software security that can resist quantum threats. This paper proposes a novel approach to using Long-Distance Free-Space Quantum Secure Direct Communication (LF QSDC) to enhance software security. LF QSDC is a quantum communication protocol that enables two parties to exchange secret messages directly without relying on a pre-shared key or quantum error correction. Our research delves into integrating LF QSDC into software security, emphasizing its practicality for long-distance communication through the use of memory DL04 protocol, Machine Learning Enhanced JEEC, and PAT Technologies. By adopting this approach, we reinforce security for global software security and ensure their sustainability in an era where both quantum and advanced classical threats coexist side by side. Thus, LF QSDC emerges as a future-proof security mechanism highly applicable to software security systems.