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Chinese Physics B

Cryptanalysis and improvement of controlled secure direct communication

Shih-Hung Kao, Tzonelih Hwang

Published Jun 1, 2013• 14 citations
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Abstract

This paper points out that, due to a flaw in the sender's encoding, the receiver in Gao et al. 's controlled quantum secret direct communication (CQSDC) protocol [ Chin. Phys. 14 (2005), No. 5, p. 893 ] can reveal the whole secret message without permission from the controller. An improvement is proposed to avoid this flaw.
DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/22/6/060308

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