Information-Theoretically Secure Data Origin Authentication with Quantum and Classical Resources
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Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, FORTH, P.O. Box 1385, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece
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Institut für Angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Cryptoplexity, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Cryptography 2020, 4(4), 31; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryptography4040031
Received: 26 October 2020 / Accepted: 10 November 2020 / Published: 13 November 2020
In conventional cryptography, information-theoretically secure message authentication can be achieved by means of universal hash functions, and requires that the two legitimate users share a random secret key, which is at least twice as long as the tag. We address the question of whether quantum resources can offer any advantage over classical unconditionally secure message authentication codes. It is shown that a broad class of symmetric prepare-and-measure quantum message-authentication schemes cannot do better than their classical counterparts.
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Nikolopoulos, G.M.; Fischlin, M. Information-Theoretically Secure Data Origin Authentication with Quantum and Classical Resources. Cryptography 2020, 4, 31. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryptography4040031
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Nikolopoulos GM, Fischlin M. Information-Theoretically Secure Data Origin Authentication with Quantum and Classical Resources. Cryptography. 2020; 4(4):31. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryptography4040031
Chicago/Turabian StyleNikolopoulos, Georgios M.; Fischlin, Marc. 2020. "Information-Theoretically Secure Data Origin Authentication with Quantum and Classical Resources" Cryptography 4, no. 4: 31. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryptography4040031
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