Eavesdropping on the Bostroem-Filbinger Communication Protocol in Noisy Quantum Channel
Abstract
We show an eavesdropping scheme on Bostr\UNICODE{0xf6}m-Felbinger communication protocol (called ping-pong protocol) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 187902 (2002)] in an ideal quantum channel. A measurement attack can be perfectly used to eavesdrop Alice's information instead of a most general quantum operation attack. In a noisy quantum channel, the direct communication is forbidden. We present a quantum key distribution protocol based on the ping-pong protocol, which can be used in a low noisy quantum channel. And we give a weak upper bound on the bit-error ratio that the detection probability should be lower than 0.11, which is a requirement criterion when we utilize the ping-pong protocol in a real communication.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0404085,
title = {Eavesdropping on the Bostroem-Filbinger Communication Protocol in Noisy Quantum Channel},
author = {Qing-yu Cai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0404085},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages; PSCA, 03.67.Hk, 03.65.Ud