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Information leak in Liu et al.’s quantum private comparison and a new protocol

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In a recent paper [W. Liu, Y.B. Wang, Z.T. Jiang, Opt. Commun. 284, 3160 (2011)], a quantum private comparison (QPC) protocol based on W states was presented. Compared to the previous QPCs, the protocol is promising for that it can prevent the comparison result from revealing to the third party. However, this study point out that a flaw of information leak is existent in the protocol. And a new QPC which can avoid the flaw and has higher efficiency is proposed in this paper.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, P.R. China

    Y. B. Li, Q. Y. Wen, F. Gao & H. Y. Jia

  2. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Network, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710071, P.R. China

    Y. B. Li

  3. Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute, Beijing, 100070, P.R. China

    Y. B. Li & Y. Sun

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Li, Y.B., Wen, Q.Y., Gao, F. et al. Information leak in Liu et al.’s quantum private comparison and a new protocol. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 110 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-30065-9

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