This paper proposes a dynamic multiparty to multiparty quantum secret sharing scheme, where two distant groups of participants can share the common secrets. In our present scheme, a trusted third party is required to reliably prepare all quantum resources. Each agent only needs to perform the local unitary operations or single-particle measurement completing the process of secret sharing. Secret can be recovered only if all agents cooperate each other. Furthermore, a new agent can be added or deleted from the current scheme with the help of the trusted third party. Finally, security analysis shows that our scheme can resist various common attacks. Compared to former existing researches, our scheme can be more efficient in real application.
This paper proposes a dynamic multiparty to multiparty quantum secret sharing scheme, where two distant groups of participants can share the common secrets. In our present scheme, a trusted third party is required to reliably prepare all quantum resources. Each agent only needs to perform the local unitary operations or single-particle measurement completing the process of secret sharing. Secret can be recovered only if all agents cooperate each other. Furthermore, a new agent can be added or deleted from the current scheme with the help of the trusted third party. Finally, security analysis shows that our scheme can resist various common attacks. Compared to former existing researches, our scheme can be more efficient in real application.
Dynamic quantum secret sharing occupies an important position in quantum cryptography. In this paper, an efficient and secure dynamic quantum direct two-secrets sharing scheme is proposed based on the GHZ state. The proposed scheme is a one-time sharing of a determined classic message and quantum states. For recovering the secret messages, the agents only need to have the ability to perform X-basis measurements on the particles without performing any unitary operation. When dynamically deleting agents, our scheme only requires the other agents to announce some information without transmitting any quantum. Moreover, the analysis shows that our scheme is able to resist dishonest revoked agent attack as well as a range of other common attacks. Compared with the existing dynamic quantum direct secret sharing schemes, the proposed scheme is more efficient and more secure.
In this paper, we propose an efficient multi-party quantum secret sharing scheme based on GHZ entangled state. The participants in this scheme are divided into two groups, and share secrets as a group. There is no need to exchange any measurement information between the two groups, reducing the security problems caused by the communication process. Each participant holds one particle from each GHZ state; it can be found that the particles of each GHZ state are related after measuring them, and the eavesdropping detection can detect external attacks based on this characteristic. Furthermore, since the participants within the two groups encode the measured particles, they can recover the same secrets. Security analysis shows that the protocol can resist the intercept-and-resend attack and entanglement measurement attack, and the simulation results show that the probability of an external attacker being detected is proportional to the amount of information he can obtain. Compared with the existing protocols, this proposed protocol is more secure, has less quantum resources and is more practical.
Abstract To address the challenge of disseminating confidential information from multiple agents to multiple agents, a dynamic quantum secret sharing protocol is proposed for multiparty ( agents in the Group 1) to multiparty ( agents in the Group 2) based on entanglement swapping of Bell states. This protocol accommodates an unequal number of agents in two groups with and enables the addition and revocation of agents in the Group 2 in both the pre‐measurement phase and the post‐measurement phase. In addition, agents in the Group 1 can verify the shares of agents in the Group 2 without the need for a third party, which significantly enhances the security and simplifies the protocol. A comprehensive security analysis demonstrates that the protocol can effectively resist common attacks in quantum communications. The simulation on the IBM's Qiskit framework shows the correctness and usefulness of the protocol. Compared with previous protocols, the protocol is more flexible and practical. Moreover, the protocol based on Bell states exhibits superior performance compared with previous protocols that utilised others entangled states. This study offers a more flexible and efficient solution for advancing the field of quantum secure communications.
Abstract In this paper, two new efficient multiparty quantum direct secret sharing schemes are proposed via a six-particle GHZ state and Bell measurements. In the first scheme, based on the theory of security cryptanalysis, the secret message of the sender is directly encoded into the transmitted particles, and all the agents can obtain their information by performing bell measurement on the received particles, and then cooperate to recover the information of the sender. In the second scheme, we define a new secret shared coding method by performing local unitary operations on the transmitted particles, then agents perform Bell measurements on their own particles respectively, and feedback the measurement to the dealer. If the agent’s results are matched with the previous coding method, the protocol will work out. In addition, the proposed two schemes have the following common advantages: the sender can send all prepared particles to the receiver, and can send an arbitrary key to the receiver, rather than a random secret key; the proposed schemes do not need to insert any detection sets to detect eavesdropping and can resist both existing attacks and spoofing attacks by dishonest agents. The sender need not to retain any photons, so the sender’s quantum memory could be omitted here.
Abstract Quantum secret sharing as a privacy‐preserving scheme necessitating collaborative efforts from all participating users to collectively recover encrypted information. This paper introduces a novel dynamic multi‐party to multi‐party quantum secret sharing protocol based on Bell states, enabling secure sharing of secrets among dynamically changing multi‐party. The protocol innovatively employs Bell states combined with simplified local unitary operations, significantly reducing the complexity and enhancing the scalability of practical implementations in quantum communication systems. Particularly, through simulation using IBM's Qiskit framework, its correctness and practicality are confirmed. Security analysis demonstrates that the protocol effectively withstands common attack methods, providing reliability, and security in quantum communication. This research presents a more flexible and efficient solution in the field of quantum secret sharing.
Quantum secret sharing is an important branch of quantum cryptography, and secure multi-party quantum key distribution protocols can be constructed using quantum secret sharing. In this paper, we construct a quantum secret sharing scheme built on a constrained (t, n ) threshold access structure, where n is the number of participants and t is the threshold number of participants and the distributor. Participants from two different sets perform the corresponding phase shift operations on two particles in the GHZ state passed to them, and then t−1 participants with the distributor can recover the key, where the participant recovering the key measures the particles received by himself and finally obtains the key through the collaboration of the distributors. Security analysis shows that this protocol can be resistant to direct measurement attacks, interception retransmission attacks, and entanglement measurement attacks. This protocol is more secure, flexible, and efficient compared with similar existing protocols, which can save more quantum resources.