With the rapid evolution of data exchange in network environments,information security has been the most important process for data storage andcommunication. In order to provide such information security, theconfidentiality, data integrity, and data origin authentication must beverified based on cryptographic encryption algorithms. This paper presents anew emerging trend of modern symmetric encryption algorithm by development ofthe advanced encryption standard (AES) algorithm. The new development focuseson the integration between Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and an enhancedversion of AES. A new quantum symmetric encryption algorithm, which isabbreviated as Quantum-AES (QAES), is the output of such integration. QAESdepends on generation of dynamic quantum S-Boxes (DQS-Boxes) based quantumcipher key, instead of the ordinary used static S-Boxes. Furthermore, QAESexploits the specific selected secret key generated from the QKD cipher usingtwo different modes (online and off-line).
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