A probabilistic quantum key transfer protocol

Abhishek Parakh

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Abstract

We propose a protocol to transfer a one-time pad (in a probabilistic manner) from Alice to Bob, over a public channel. The proposed protocol is unique because Bob merely acts as a receiver of the pad (secret key); that is, Bob does not need to send any message back to Alice unless he detects eavesdropping. Such a secure transfer of one-time pad, over public channel, is not possible in classical cryptography, and in quantum cryptography, all previous protocols require Bob to send almost as many messages back to Alice as she does to Bob to establish a key.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1389-1395
Number of pages7
JournalSecurity and Communication Networks
Volume6
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2013

Keywords

  • Probabilistic protocol
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum key distribution
  • Quantum network security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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