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Asymptotically Secure Network Code for Active Attacks and its Application to Network Quantum Key Distribution

Information Theory 2020-03-30 v1 Networking and Internet Architecture math.IT

Abstract

When there exists a malicious attacker in the network, we need to be careful of eavesdropping and contamination. This problem is crucial for network communication when the network is realized by a partially trusted relay of quantum key distribution. We discuss the asymptotic rate in a linear network with the secrecy and robustness conditions when the above type of attacker exists. Also, under the same setting, we discuss the asymptotic rate in a linear network when we impose the secrecy condition alone. Then, we apply these results to the network composed of a partially trusted relay of quantum key distribution, which enables us to realize secure long-distance communication via short-distance quantum key distribution.

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@article{arxiv.2003.12225,
  title  = {Asymptotically Secure Network Code for Active Attacks and its Application to Network Quantum Key Distribution},
  author = {Masahito Hayashi and Ning Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.12225},
  year   = {2020}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1703.00723

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