A complete Classification of Quantum Public-key Encryption Protocols
Quantum Physics
2016-01-20 v2 Cryptography and Security
Abstract
We present a classification of quantum public-key encryption protocols. There are six elements in quantum public-key encryption: plaintext, ciphertext, public-key, private-key, encryption algorithm and decryption algorithm. According to the property of each element which is either quantum or classical, the quantum public-key encryption protocols can be divided into 64 kinds. Among 64 kinds of protocols, 8 kinds have already been constructed, 52 kinds can be proved to be impossible to construct and the remaining 4 kinds have not been presented effectively yet. This indicates that the research on quantum public-key encryption protocol should be focus on the existed kinds and the unproposed kinds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1507.03765,
title = {A complete Classification of Quantum Public-key Encryption Protocols},
author = {Chenmiao Wu and Li Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03765},
year = {2016}
}
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14 pages, no figure