Secure authentication of classical messages with single photons
Wang Tian-Yin(王天银)a)b)^†, Wen Qiao-Yan(温巧燕)a), and Zhu Fu-Chen(朱甫臣)c)
a State key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China; b School of Mathematical Science, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, China; c National Laboratory for Modern Communications, P.O.Box 810, Chengdu 610041, China
Abstract This paper proposes a scheme for secure authentication of classical messages with single photons and a hashed function. The security analysis of this scheme is also given, which shows that anyone cannot forge valid message authentication codes (MACs). In addition, the lengths of the authentication key and the MACs are invariable and shorter, in comparison with those presented authentication schemes. Moreover, quantum data storage and entanglement are not required in this scheme. Therefore, this scheme is more efficient and economical.
Received: 27 October 2008
Revised: 31 October 2008
Accepted manuscript online:
(Telecommunications: signal transmission and processing; communication satellites)
Fund: Project supported by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60873191 and
60821001), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of
Higher Education (Grant No 200800131016), Beijing Nova Program
(Grant No 2008B51), Key Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education
(Grant No 109014), the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Grant
No. 4072020), the National Laboratory for Modern Communications
Science Foundation of China (Grant No 9140C1101010601), the Natural
Science Foundation of Education Bureau of Henan Province (Grant No
2008B120005), and the Youth Foundation of Luoyang Normal University.
Cite this article:
Wang Tian-Yin(王天银), Wen Qiao-Yan(温巧燕), and Zhu Fu-Chen(朱甫臣) Secure authentication of classical messages with single photons 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 3189
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