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Transactions on Computer Science and Intelligent Systems Research

The Comparison Between Quantum Communication and Traditional Encryption

Yixuan Even Xu

Published Dec 25, 2025• 1 citation
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Abstract

In recent years, as computational power increases, the traditional encryption methods are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks and thus have some safety issues. Therefore, the application of quantum communication has become increasingly widespread, and more technologies related to quantum communication have been invented. This article provides an overview of the differences between quantum communication and traditional encryption in terms of their advantages, disadvantages, security, and the challenges they face in applications. Indeed, the unique characteristics of quantum communication, like quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, provide quantum communication with good security. Furthermore, quantum communication has several advantages, like quantum key distribution, which ensures secure communication, high capacity, high speed, resistance to eavesdropping, and error correction. However, the traditional encryption is still widely used. The traditional encryption, which relies on mathematical algorithms and offers mature encryption methods like Advanced Encryption Standard and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, must have advantages over quantum communication. Therefore, a comprehensive comparison between traditional encryption and quantum communication is essential to understand their respective roles in the future of secure information exchange.

DOI
10.62051/7sezde51

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In recent years, as computational power increases, the traditional encryption methods are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks and thus have some safety issues. Therefore, the application of quantum communication has become increasingly widespread, and more technologies related to quantum communication have been invented. This article provides an overview of the differences between quantum communication and traditional encryption in terms of their advantages, disadvantages, security, and the challenges they face in applications. Indeed, the unique characteristics of quantum communication, like quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, provide quantum communication with good security. Furthermore, quantum communication has several advantages, like quantum key distribution, which ensures secure communication, high capacity, high speed, resistance to eavesdropping, and error correction. However, the traditional encryption is still widely used. The traditional encryption, which relies on mathematical algorithms and offers mature encryption methods like Advanced Encryption Standard and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, must have advantages over quantum communication. Therefore, a comprehensive comparison between traditional encryption and quantum communication is essential to understand their respective roles in the future of secure information exchange.
Quantum cryptography is an emerging field that ensures secure communication by leveraging principles of quantum mechanics. Unlike classical cryptography methods that rely on mathematical complexity, quantum cryptographic protocols, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols derive their security from the fundamental laws of physics. Among these, the BB84 protocol is widely recognized for enabling secure key exchange between communicating parties, with any eavesdropping attempts being inherently detectable. The invention of quantum computing poses a significant threat to classical encryption algorithms, and thereby necessitating both post-quantum cryptography and quantum-based approaches. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of quantum cryptography, emphasizing its theoretical principles foundations of quantum cryptography, emphasizing its advantages over traditional encryption methods, implementation challenges, and real-world application. It also outlines the limitations of quantum technology, e.g., hardware limitations and interference by noise, which restrict large-scale application. A detailed comparison between classical, quantum, and hybrid cryptographic approaches is presented to highlight the key advancement, including improved eavesdropping detection, enhanced key generation rates, and security through quantum entanglement. As quantum networks evolve rapidly, quantum cryptography is poised to become a cornerstone of nextgeneration ultra-secure communication systems.
Introduction: With the advent of quantum computing, traditional encryption methods face significant challenges in maintaining security. This study explores quantum information processing through quantum communication, providing a comparative analysis of Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) encryption and quantum encryption. Objective: The study aims to analyze the flexibility of RSA and quantum encryption in handling varying data lengths and key sizes, compare their security levels against cryptographic threats, and evaluate their computational efficiency and overall performance. Methods: This study explores an innovative approach for handling quantum information via quantum communication. A detailed comparative analysis of RSA and quantum encryption was conducted based on key parameters such as data length, key size, and computational overhead. Results: When comparing RSA encryption to quantum encryption, RSA encryption consistently maintains a data length of around 37 units, whereas quantum encryption consistently maintains a data length of 100 units. Quantum encryption constantly use 24-bit keys, while RSA keys can have variable lengths ranging from 85 to 785 bits, depending on unique conditions. RSA consistently employs a private key size of 1547 bits, but quantum encryption can adjust the size of the private key based on the length of the password being used. The findings highlight the differences in flexibility and security between the two systems, with quantum encryption showing more flexibility and RSA providing consistent performance. Conclusion: The study highlights the need for quantum-safe cryptographic solutions as the threat of quantum computing grows. While RSA remains a reliable encryption method for current applications, quantum encryption provides a more robust and future-proof approach.
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This paper deals with an introduction to quantum cryptography, differences between conventional and quantum cryptography, its applications, drawbacks & its advantages over conventional cryptography. Quantum cryptography is the phenomenon of making cryptographic tasks using the principles of quantum physics. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is one of the leading applications of quantum cryptography which makes the applications, servers, databases, emails & social media handles more securable, i.e., not hackable. Quantum cryptography is a trail to permit two users of a common communication channel to transmit or create secure information between them. This information which is in the form of a random string of bits can be converted to even more strong and unbreakable if used with the help of quantum cryptography. The advantage of quantum cryptography over conventional cryptography is that the information which is being stored or shared is in the quantum state which means it is highly impossible to hack or copy the data. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle and quantum entanglement can be exploited as a system of secure communication in this process. Quantum cryptography takes advantage of quantum’s multiple states, including its “no change theory,” which implies it cannot be unwittingly interrupted. The Uncertainty principle states that it is impossible to simultaneously know the accurate position and momentum of a particle. Quantum cryptography holds both guarantees and threats for our current crypto logical infrastructure. The pretty obvious threat is that quantum computers might decrypt data that has already been encrypted using many of our current systems. However, it conjointly holds the promise of secure communications channels for key distribution. Sooner or later, with correct & clean usage of quantum technology, it may even be possible to build entire encryption systems that are considered unbreakable and unbackable. How to cite this article: Nallana A. Quantum Cryptography: The Future of Secure Data Communication. Int J Hum Comp Inter Data Min 2021; 4(1): 12-16.