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The study of quantum computation has yielded many advantages over classical computing. One area in which quantum computation has been shown to be superior is encryption. The main advantage of quantum key distribution schemes over conventional ones is that the security of the former is guaranteed by the very laws of physics (quantum mechanics in this case), while the security of the latter usually rests on unproven assumptions about the computational difficulty of a certain problem (such as factoring a large integer).This study focuses on two key distribution protocols based on the quantum model: One developed by Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard in 1984 (BB84), the other developed by Marius Nagy and Selim Akl in 2006 (NA06), which uses BB84 as a base, but expands on it using the Quantum Fourier Transform.Unlike conventional protocols, quantum protocols have the ability to detect eavesdropping and the NA06 protocol is the first key distribution scheme capable of detecting an eavesdropper by testing bits that were not even eavesdropped on while in transit. The purpose of this study is to asses the performance of this novel protocol relative to the now classical BB84. These protocols are simulated on a classical computer and compared to determine what advantages, if any, the NA06 protocol holds over the BB84. The results of this report have implications in the theory of quantum key distribution.