Information-Theoretic Representation of Interception Network Channel Virtualization

The most difficult task of secure telecommunication systems using symmetric encryption, due to the need for preliminary and resource-intensive organization of secret channels for delivering keys to network correspondents, is key management. An alternative is the generating keys methods through open communication channels. In information theory, it is shown that these methods are implemented under the condition that the channel information rate of correspondents exceeds the rate of the intruder interception channel. The search for methods that provide the informational advantage of correspondents is being updated. The goal is to determine the information-theoretical conditions for the formation of a virtual network and an interception channel, for which the best ratio of information speeds for correspondents is provided compared to the ratio of the original network and interception channel. The paper proposes an information transfer model that includes a connectivity model and an information transfer method for asymptotic lengths of code words. The model includes three correspondents and is characterized by the introduction of an ideal broadcast channel in addition to an errored broadcast channel. The model introduces a source of "noisy" information, which is transmitted over the channel with errors, so the transmission of code words using the known method of random coding is carried out over the channel without errors. For asymptotic lengths of code words, all actions of correspondents in processing and transmitting information in the model are reduced to the proposed method of transmitting information. The use of the method by correspondents within the framework of the transmission model makes it possible to simultaneously form for them a new virtual broadcast channel with information rate as in the original channel with errors, and for the intruder a new virtual broadcast interception channel with a rate lower than the information rate of the initial interception channel. The information-theoretic conditions for deterioration of the interception channel are proved in the statement. The practical significance of the results obtained lies in the possibility of using the latter to assess the information efficiency of open network key formation in the proposed information transfer model, as well as in the development of well-known scientific achievements of open key agreement. The proposed transmission model can be useful for researching key management systems and protecting information transmitted over open channels. Further research is related to the information-theoretic assessment of the network key throughput, which is the potential information-theoretic speed of network key formation.

information transmission model in a communication network, network correspondent, intruder, source of «noise» sequence, virtual interception channel, information transmission method for asymptotic lengths of code words