Pratik Roy^*, Saptarshi Sahoo, Amit Kumar Mandal, Indranil Basu

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 151-160, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2021.019864 - 10 January 2022

Abstract Quantum Key Distribution seems very promising as it offers unconditional security, that’s why it is being implemented by the tech giants of the networking industry and government. Having quantum phenomenon as a backbone, QKD protocols become indecipherable. Here we have focused on the complexities of quantum key distribution and how this technology has contributed to secure key communication. This article gives an updated overview of this technology and can serve as a guide to get familiar with the current trends of quantum cryptography. More >

Tian Cao¹, Yan Chang^{1, *}, Lili Yan¹, Shibin Zhang¹, Qirun Wang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.65, No.2, pp. 1507-1517, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.010213 - 20 August 2020

Abstract An electronic contract is a contract signed by electronic means, which is widely used in electronic commerce activities. In recent years, with the rapid development of quantum cryptography technology, the quantum electronic contract has been widely studied by researchers. Supported by the basic principles of quantum mechanics, a quantum electronic contract scheme based on the single photon is proposed in this paper. In this scheme, two copies of the same contract are signed by both parties involved, and then a copy of each contract is sent to a trusted third party. The trusted third party More >

Kejia Zhang^{1, 2, 3, 4}, Chunguang Ma⁵, Zhiwei Sun^{4, 6, *}, Xue Zhang^{2, 3}, Baomin Zhou², Yukun Wang⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.64, No.3, pp. 1915-1928, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.09836 - 30 June 2020

Abstract Oblivious key transfer (OKT) is a fundamental problem in the field of secure multi-party computation. It makes the provider send a secret key sequence to the user obliviously, i.e., the user may only get almost one bit key in the sequence which is unknown to the provider. Recently, a number of works have sought to establish the corresponding quantum oblivious key transfer model and rename it as quantum oblivious key distribution (QOKD) from the well-known expression of quantum key distribution (QKD). In this paper, a new QOKD model is firstly proposed for the provider and More >

Jinqiao Dai¹, Shibin Zhang^{1, *}, Yan Chang¹, Xueyang Li¹, Tao Zheng¹, Jinyue Xia²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.64, No.2, pp. 1247-1260, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.010550 - 10 June 2020

Abstract In order to enable two parties to exchange their secret information equally, we propose a controlled quantum dialogue protocol based on quantum walks, which implements the equal exchange of secret information between the two parties with the help of the controller TP. The secret information is transmitted via quantum walks, by using this method, the previously required entangled particles do not need to be prepared in the initial phase, and the entangled particles can be produced spontaneously via quantum walks. Furthermore, to resist TP’s dishonest behavior, we use a hash function to verify the correctness More >

Jifeng Zhong^1,*, Zhihao Liu^2,3,*, Juan Xu⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.57, No.3, pp. 621-633, 2018, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2018.03706

Abstract The controlled quantum secure direct communication (CQSDC) with authentication protocol based on four particle cluster states via quantum one-time pad and local unitary operations is cryptanalyzed. It is found that there are some serious security issues in this protocol. An eavesdropper (Eve) can eavesdrop on some information of the identity strings of the receiver and the controller without being detected by the selective-CNOT-operation (SCNO) attack. By the same attack, Eve can also steal some information of the secret message that the sender transmits. In addition, the receiver can take the same kind of attack to More >