Abstract
Hsu et al. (Quantum Inf Process 12:331–344,2013) proposed a dynamic quantum secret sharing (DQSS) protocol using the entanglement swapping of Bell states for an agent to easily join (or leave) the system. In 2013, Wang and Li (Quantum Inf Process 12(5):1991–1997, 2013) proposed a collusion attack on Hsu et al.’s DQSS protocol. Nevertheless, this study points out a new security issue on Hsu et al.’s DQSS protocol regarding to the honesty of a revoked agent. Without considering this issue, the DQSS protocol could be failed to provide secret sharing function.
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We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their very valuable comments, which greatly enhanced the clarity of this paper. We would also like to thank the National Science Council of Republic of China, for the financial support of this research under Contract No. NSC 100-2221-E-006-152-MY3 and No. NSC 101-2221-E-006-266-.
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Liao, CH., Yang, CW. & Hwang, T. Comment on “Dynamic quantum secret sharing”. Quantum Inf Process 12, 3143–3147 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-013-0591-z
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