Improved quantum key agreement protocol with authentication

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ac9b31

Abstract In order to make the quantum key agreement process immune to participant attacks, it is necessary to introduce the authentication in the communication process. A quantum key agreement protocol with identity authentication that exploits the measurement correlation of six-particle entangled states is proposed. In contrast to some recently proposed quantum key agreement protocols with authentication, this protocol requires neither a semi-trusted third party nor additional private keys in the authentication process. The entire process of authentication and key agreement can be achieved using only n six-particle entangled states, which saves communication costs and reduces the complexity of the authentication process. Finally, security analysis shows that this scheme is resistant to some important attacks.

Keywords: quantum key agreement authentication six-particle entangled states

Received: 29 June 2022
Revised: 22 September 2022
Accepted manuscript online: 19 October 2022

PACS:	03.67.Dd	(Quantum cryptography and communication security)
	03.67.Hk	(Quantum communication)
	03.67.Ac	(Quantum algorithms, protocols, and simulations)

Fund: Project supported by the National Science Foundation of Sichuan Province, China (Grant No. 2022NSFSC0534), Major Science, and Techonolgy Application Demonstration Project in Chengdu (Grant No. 2021-YF09-0116-GX).

Corresponding Authors: Ming-Qiang Bai
E-mail: baimq@sicnu.edu.cn

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Ji-Hong Guo(郭继红), Ming-Qiang Bai(柏明强), Xiao-Yan Lei(雷小燕), Jia-Xin Xie(谢佳欣), and Zhi-Wen Mo(莫智文) Improved quantum key agreement protocol with authentication 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 050310

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