[1] Liu Wenjie, Chen Hanwu, Xu Juan, et al. Revised quantum direct communication schemewith mutual authentication [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2010, 26 (4): 532-536. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2010.04.006]

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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:

26

Issue:

2010 4

Page:

532-536

Research Field:

Information and Communication Engineering

Publishing date:

2010-12-30

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Title:

Revised quantum direct communication schemewith mutual authentication

Author(s):

Liu Wenjie¹;  2;  Chen Hanwu¹;  Xu Juan¹;  Liu Zhihao¹

¹School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
² School of Computer and Software, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

Keywords:

quantum direct communication;  mutual authentica-tion;  decoy-photon checking;  impersonation attack;  special Trent’s attack

PACS:

TN918.1

DOI:

10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2010.04.006

Abstract:

Based on mutual authentication and dense coding, a novel revised efficient quantum direct communication scheme is proposed. It is composed of two phases: the quantum state distribution process and the direct communication process. The purpose of the former is to authenticate Trent and users to each other, and let the two legitimate users(Alice and Bob)safely share the Bell states. While the latter aims to make direct communication to transmit a secret message between Alice and Bob. In order to prevent from Eve’s eavesdropping as well as to authenticate each other simultaneously, a decoy photon checking technique is applied. Compared with other analogous protocols, the quantum state distribution process is more simple and feasible and the proposed scheme is more efficient; i.e., the total efficiency is almost 100%. Security analysis shows that the proposed scheme is secure against the eavesdropping attacks, the impersonation attacks, and some special Trent’s attacks, including the attacks by using different initial states.

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Biographies: Liu Wenjie(1979—), male, doctor, lecturer, wenjiel@163.com; Chen Hanwu(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, hw_chen@seu.edu.cn.
Foundation items: The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60873101), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK2008209), the Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology(No.20080298).
Citation: Liu Wenjie, Chen Hanwu, Xu Juan, et al. Revised quantum direct communication scheme with mutual authentication[J].Journal of Southeast University(English Edition), 2010, 26(4):532-536.

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