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General Security Definition and Composability for Quantum & Classical Protocols

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We generalize the universally composable definition of Canetti to the Quantum World. The basic idea is the same as in the classical world. The main contribution is that we unfold the result in a new model which is well adapted to quantum protocols. We also simplify some aspects of the classical case. In particular, the case of protocols with an arbitrary number of layers of sub-protocols is naturally covered in the proposed model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0409062,
  title  = {General Security Definition and Composability for Quantum & Classical Protocols},
  author = {Michael Ben-Or and Dominic Mayers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0409062},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

12 pages; version 2: Minor modifications in the terminology used. The differences with Canetti's work are also better explained