Use-Case Denial of Service Attack on Actual Quantum Key Distribution Nodes

Patrik Burdiak, Emir Dervisevic, Amina Tankovic, Filip Lauterbach, Jan Rozhon, Lukas Kapicak, Libor Michalek, Dzana Pivac, Merima Fehric, Enio Kaljic, Mirza Hamza, Miralem Mehic, Miroslav Voznak

2023

Abstract

QKD integration into traditional telecommunication networks is anticipated in the upcoming decades in order to maintain adequate levels of communication security. QKD establishes ITS (Information-Theoretic secure) symmetric keys between the two parties, which they may use to sustain secure flow of data even in the post-quantum era. Since QKD-keys are a valuable and scarce resource, they must be carefully maintained. This paper investigates DoS attacks on actual QKD equipment, in which an adversary with access to QKD services depletes the reserves of QKD-keys maintained at the KMS system. As a result, safety precautions are proposed in order to prevent this scenario and maintain operational QKD service.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Burdiak P., Dervisevic E., Tankovic A., Lauterbach F., Rozhon J., Kapicak L., Michalek L., Pivac D., Fehric M., Kaljic E., Hamza M., Mehic M. and Voznak M. (2023). Use-Case Denial of Service Attack on Actual Quantum Key Distribution Nodes. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-624-8, pages 89-94. DOI: 10.5220/0011672000003405

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp23,
author={Patrik Burdiak and Emir Dervisevic and Amina Tankovic and Filip Lauterbach and Jan Rozhon and Lukas Kapicak and Libor Michalek and Dzana Pivac and Merima Fehric and Enio Kaljic and Mirza Hamza and Miralem Mehic and Miroslav Voznak},
title={Use-Case Denial of Service Attack on Actual Quantum Key Distribution Nodes},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2023},
pages={89-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011672000003405},
isbn={978-989-758-624-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Use-Case Denial of Service Attack on Actual Quantum Key Distribution Nodes
SN - 978-989-758-624-8
AU - Burdiak P.
AU - Dervisevic E.
AU - Tankovic A.
AU - Lauterbach F.
AU - Rozhon J.
AU - Kapicak L.
AU - Michalek L.
AU - Pivac D.
AU - Fehric M.
AU - Kaljic E.
AU - Hamza M.
AU - Mehic M.
AU - Voznak M.
PY - 2023
SP - 89
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0011672000003405