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Vulnerability of "A novel protocol-authentication algorithm ruling out a man-in-the-middle attack in Quantum Cryptography"

Quantum Physics 2009-08-13 v2

Abstract

In this paper we review and comment on "A novel protocol-authentication algorithm ruling out a man-in-the-middle attack in quantum cryptography", [M. Peev et al., Int. J. Quant. Inform., 3, 225, (2005)]. In particular, we point out that the proposed primitive is not secure when used in a generic protocol, and needs additional authenticating properties of the surrounding quantum-cryptographic protocol.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5050,
  title  = {Vulnerability of "A novel protocol-authentication algorithm ruling out a man-in-the-middle attack in Quantum Cryptography"},
  author = {Aysajan Abidin and Jan-Åke Larsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5050},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages

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