Subject: Re: [Qirg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03.txt

From: Chonggang Wang <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:34:22 +0000

Dear Joey,

Thank you for your feedback!

Based on your comment and discussions in previous IETF meeting(s), we added the following paragraph – which is highlighted on page #11 of the attached PDF.

“Although the addresses of Source Quantum Node A and Destination Quantum Node B could be identified and exposed, the identity of users, who will use the secret cryptographic key for secure communications, will not necessarily be exposed during QKD process. In other words, there is no direct mapping from the addresses of quantum nodes to the user identity; as a result, QKD protocols do not disclose user identities.”

Please let us know if you have any further questions/comments.

Thanks,
Chonggang

From: Qirg <[email-masked]> On Behalf Of Joey S
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 3:26 PM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: [Qirg] I-D Action: draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03.txt

Dear qirg, Chonggang Wang,

I have yet to fully read the latest v3 of the draft but after reviewing the minutes from the last meeting (attached), wanted to follow up on my conversations with Chonggang during IETF108-109 regarding anonymization in general, and particularly, in section "5.1. Secure Communication Setup: One requirement for this secure communication setup process is that it should not be vulnerable to any classical or quantum computing attack."

As mentioned in our chat, since a user can be potentially identified at the stage where they are setting up the connection, anonymization mechanisms to prevent user identification and potential tracking is something that we should definitely consider at some point.

Since, as Wojciech kindly explained, "Anonymity is difficult to guarantee for QKD, but may be possible for other applications" then I think a baseline would be to include this type of consideration in the next version of the draft; if not to explicitly address it, then to define it as a potential vulnerability that will be looked at later stages.

Looking forward to your thoughts, and wishing you all happy holidays,

--

Joey Salazar

Digital Sr. Programme Officer

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On 29-Oct-20 8:55 PM, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> wrote:

A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.

This draft is a work item of the Quantum Internet Research Group RG of the IRTF.

        Title           : Applications and Use Cases for the Quantum Internet

        Authors         : Chonggang Wang

                          Akbar Rahman

                          Ruidong Li

                          Melchior Aelmans

  Filename        : draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03.txt

  Pages           : 23

  Date            : 2020-10-29

Abstract:

   The Quantum Internet has the potential to improve application

   functionality by incorporating quantum information technology into

   the infrastructure of the overall Internet.  In this document, we

   provide an overview of some applications expected to be used on the

   Quantum Internet, and then categorize them using various

   classification schemes.  Some general requirements for the Quantum

   Internet are also discussed.  The intent of this document is to

   provide a common understanding and framework of applications and use

   cases for the Quantum Internet.

The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases/

There are also htmlized versions available at:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03

A diff from the previous version is available at:

https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases-03

Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission

until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.

Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:

ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/

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