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Quantum Information Processing
Published in: Quantum Information Processing 4/2020

01-04-2020

Advanced semi-quantum secure direct communication protocol based on bell states against flip attack

Authors: Chun-Wei Yang, Chia-Wei Tsai

Published in: Quantum Information Processing | Issue 4/2020

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Abstract

This study proposes two advanced semi-quantum secure direct communication (SQSDC) protocols to address the security problems in Xie et al.’s SQSDC protocol, and further, briefly discusses those security problems. Xie et al. (Int J Theor Phys 57(6):1881–1887, 2018) proposed an SQSDC protocol based on Bell states. However, an eavesdropper can deliberately flip the secret messages sent through Xie et al.’s SQSDC protocol, and can launch a man-in-the-middle attack to obtain part of the secret messages, both without being detected. If not addressed, these security problems can cause the protocol to fail at delivering secret messages. Accordingly, the proposed SQSDC protocols are resistant to the flip attack, man-in-the-middle attack, tagging attack, and collective attack. Moreover, the qubit efficiency of the proposed schemes is the same as Xie et al.’s scheme.
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Metadata
Title
Advanced semi-quantum secure direct communication protocol based on bell states against flip attack
Authors
Chun-Wei Yang
Chia-Wei Tsai
Publication date
01-04-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Quantum Information Processing / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1570-0755
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1332
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02623-7

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