Title :
Practical Quantum No-key Protocol with Identification
Author :
Wu, Yang ; Yang, Li
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Security, Grad. Univ. of Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Quantum no-key protocol is a quantum realization of Shamir´s idea of no-key cryptosystem, which can be used to transport quantum and classical message secretly. It is beyond computational security. We give a practical quantum no-key protocol with mutual identification. In order to prevent MIM (man-in-the-middle) attack, we realize secure information transmission and identification by utilizing a short pre-shared secret bit sequence. And we use pseudo-random sequences to mix the photons which are used for information transmission and the photons which are used for identification. Pseudo-random sequence partly protects the secret sequence and makes our protocol more practical while do not weaken the security. We post a schematic diagram of the experimental set-up which is based on fiber communication system. Our protocol does not need entanglement, multi-qubit operation or classical communication.
Keywords :
cryptographic protocols; quantum cryptography; Shamir idea; fiber communication system; man-in-the-middle attack; no-key cryptosystem; pseudorandom sequences; quantum no-key protocol; secure information identification; secure information transmission; Bismuth; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Information security; Optical fiber communication; Polarization; Protection; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Transport protocols; practical; quantum cryptography; quantum no-key protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Information Assurance and Security, 2009. IAS '09. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3744-3
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2009.106