This project implements the BB84 QKD protocol using Python and Numpy. It currently has a basic BB84 implementation allowing users to create and send bits to each other. The shared bits can then be used for encrypting and decrypting messages.
- Implement a basic quantum API
- Implement a basic BB84 flow
- Implement a eavesdropper and see their effects
- Create a socket-like protocol for communication across programs
Note from future self: This protocol's design tried to copy a HTTP-style protocol. However, this project relies on a client-to-client model, unlike HTTP's server-to-client. Any request that this protocol sends does not have a clear-cut way to determine a response packet, and race conditions may occur. Adding a main port to listen for incoming requests, and having multiple source ports may fix this issue, but time is of the essence and I'm too lazy to implement this 😅
A goofy ahh protocol I created for this project. It probably has a lot of loopholes, bugs and critical security issues, but I am too lazy to figure it out. Please do not use this for any production apps thanks 🙏
The SQP message should contain the following fields:
Method: The method type, i.e.:GET,RES,ERRTarget: The hostname of the receiverSender: The hostname of the senderData: Data to be transferred, can be left as an empty string
There are a variety of method types that are used to send different kinds of data. All the methods are listed below.
MSG: A message containing encrypted text in the data segment.RES {method}: A response method to return data to the requester.ERR {method}: A error method indicating that an error due to the specified method has occurred.GET: Asks the target to generate a bunch of qubits to derive the key from.BASIS: Compares the basis of each client. The receiver should send a RES back to the sender.CHECK: Picks select bits to check for eavesdroppers/errors.