We consider one-round key exchange protocols secure in the standard model. The security analysis uses the powerful security model of Canetti and Krawczyk and a natural extension of it to the ID-based setting. It is shown how KEMs can be used in a generic way to obtain two different protocol designs with progressively stronger security guarantees. A detailed analysis of the performance of the pr...

We introduce two new Kirchhoff-law–Johnson-noise (KLJN) secure key distribution schemes, which are the generalization of the original KLJN version. The first system, the Random-Resistor (RR-) KLJN scheme is using random resistors chosen from a quasi-continuum set of resistance values. It is well known since the creation of the KLJN concept that such system could work because Alice and Bob can c...

Representation of women and minorities in a “selectorate”—the group that chooses an organization's leaders—is key mechanism for promoting diversity. We show representation, on its own, is not sufficient selecting gender diversity: supportive organizational culture also required. In the case Internet Engineering Task Force, random increase female representation selection committee caused appoint...