Details of 'DGR/QKD-019_AUTH' Work Item

	Work Item Reference	ETSI Doc. Number	STF	Technical Body in Charge		Standard Not Ready For Download
	DGR/QKD-019_AUTH	GR QKD 019		QKD
	Current Status (Click to View Full Schedule)	Latest Version	Cover Date	Standstill		Creation Date
	Stable draft (2025-06-10)	0.1.10 Draft		View Standstill Information		2020-08-07
	Rapporteur	Technical Officer		Harmonised Standard
	Catherine White	Carmine Rizzo		No
Title	Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Design of QKD interfaces with Authentication
Scope and Field of Application	The present document describes the design of classical interfaces for QKD systems that include authentication. Research on epsilon-secure composable security (e.g. Wegman Carter authentication) and symmetric authentication for QKD classical channels is reviewed and the use of other cryptographic algorithms is discussed. Principles and frameworks from the cryptographic domain are considered. Design principles specific to authentication in QKD are discussed citing existing literature, including protection against denial of service attacks by key depletion.
Supporting Organizations	NPL, INRIM, Toshiba, BT plc, USMF

	Keywords	Projects	Clusters	Frequencies	Mandates	Directives
	authentication Cybersecurity quantum cryptography Quantum Key Distribution Session Initiation Protocol		Security
Official Journal
Remarks	2025-06-10 whiteca Stable draft proposal in contribution QKD(25)38023 was Withdrawn by QKD 2025-06-10 whiteca Stable draft proposal in contribution QKD(25)38026 was Withdrawn by QKD 2025-06-10 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.10 contributed for Discussion in QKD(25)38027 as Stable draft 2025-06-10 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.10 with status: Stable draft - with comment: Fixed numbering and position of text only in leaf node sections 2025-06-10 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.9 contributed for Discussion in QKD(25)38026 as Stable draft 2025-06-10 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.9 with status: Stable draft 2025-06-10 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.8 contributed for Discussion in QKD(25)38023 as Stable draft 2025-06-10 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.8 with status: Stable draft 2024-12-03 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.7 contributed for Discussion in QKD(24)037020 as Stable draft 2024-12-03 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.7 with status: Stable draft 2024-08-06 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.6 contributed for Discussion in QKD(24)036c008 as Stable draft 2024-08-06 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.6 with status: Stable draft 2024-06-03 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.5 contributed for Discussion in QKD(24)036018 as Stable draft 2024-06-03 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.5 with status: Stable draft 2023-12-05 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.2 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)035021 as Stable draft 2023-12-05 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.2 with status: Stable draft 2023-08-01 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.1.0 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)034c005 as Stable draft 2023-08-01 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.1.00 with status: Stable draft 2023-05-29 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.99 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)000005r1 as Stable draft 2023-05-29 whiteca Stable draft proposal in contribution QKD(23)000005 was Revised by QKD 2023-05-29 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.99 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)000005 as Stable draft 2023-05-29 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.99 with status: Stable draft - with comment: For discussion 2023-04-04 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.98 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)033e006r2 as Stable draft 2023-04-04 whiteca Stable draft proposal in contribution QKD(23)033e006r1 was Revised by QKD 2023-04-04 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.98 with status: Stable draft 2023-04-04 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.97 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)033e006r1 as Stable draft 2023-04-04 whiteca Stable draft proposal in contribution QKD(23)033e006 was Revised by QKD 2023-04-04 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.97 contributed for Discussion in QKD(23)033e006 as Stable draft 2023-04-04 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.97 with status: Stable draft - with comment: Still needs a little work on format in places, but comments addressed 2022-07-03 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.95 contributed for Information in QKD(22)032b003 as Early draft 2022-07-03 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.95 with status: Early draft 2022-06-20 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.93 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)032018r2 as Early draft 2022-06-20 whiteca Early draft proposal in contribution QKD(22)032018r1 was Revised by QKD 2022-06-20 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.93 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)032018r1 as Early draft 2022-06-20 whiteca Early draft proposal in contribution QKD(22)032018 was Revised by QKD 2022-06-20 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.93 with status: Early draft 2022-06-20 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.92 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)032018 as Early draft 2022-06-20 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.92 with status: Early draft 2022-06-07 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.90 contributed for Information in QKD(22)031g005 as Early draft 2022-06-07 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.90 with status: Early draft 2022-05-03 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.81 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)000001r1 as Early draft 2022-05-03 whiteca Early draft proposal in contribution QKD(22)000001 was Revised by QKD 2022-05-03 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.81 with status: Early draft - with comment: Still much work to do on this, but any further comments and information very gratefully received 2022-05-03 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.8 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)000001 as Early draft 2022-05-03 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.8 with status: Early draft 2022-04-05 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.7 contributed for Discussion in QKD(22)031e004 as Early draft 2022-04-05 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.7 with status: Early draft 2021-06-08 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.5 contributed for Information in QKD(21)030029 as Early draft 2021-06-08 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.5 with status: Early draft 2021-06-08 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.4 contributed for Information in QKD(21)000003 as Early draft 2021-06-08 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.4 with status: Early draft 2021-05-28 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.3 contributed for Discussion in QKD(21)029g004 as Early draft 2021-05-28 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.3 with status: Early draft 2021-05-28 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.2 contributed for Discussion in QKD(21)030010 as Early draft 2021-05-15 whiteca Draft contributed - V 0.0.2 contributed for Discussion in QKD(21)029ra003 as Early draft 2021-05-15 whiteca A new draft is uploaded - V 0.0.2 with status: Early draft 2020-09-23 WHITECA TB adoption of WI QKD, see contribution QKD(20)000007r2 2020-08-07 WHITECA WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(20)000007r2 2020-08-07 WHITECA WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(20)000007r1 2020-08-07 WHITECA WI proposed to TB QKD, see contribution QKD(20)000007

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