CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS IN GRID COMPUTING

The Quantum Crypted GRID Port developed under the D11-044 QUANTGRID project financed by the Romanian Center for Programme Management CNMP is presented: specifically the technology developed and the proprietary software used in the project. Quantum crypted communications eliminate the possibility of quantum-computer deciphering of messages (Shor's Lemma), while functioning with a public key exchange scheme – being secure by the very essence of quantum nature: any quantum state measured in any way collapses into one of its projections, thus it cannot be cloned and impossible to keep a copy thereof. The distribution of quantum public key is hence similar to the Vernam cipher (symmetrical – with secret key). The ongoing activities in this technology pertain to GRID communications through optical fiber and allow optimising the quantum security technology and experimenting proprietary algorithms for optimum data-volume/security for this new type of communications.