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Security of ping-pong protocol based on pairs of completely entangled qudits

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Quantum secure direct communication protocols offer confidential transmission of classic information over quantum channel without prior key agreement. The ping-pong based protocols provide asymptotic security and detailed analysis of security level provided by each variant of the protocol is required. The paper presents a general method of calculation of the eavesdropped information as a function of the attack detection probability. The method is applied to the ping-pong protocol based on completely entangled pairs of qudits. The upper and lower bounds on the amount of the leaked information and eavesdropping detection probability are provided.

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Zawadzki, P. Security of ping-pong protocol based on pairs of completely entangled qudits. Quantum Inf Process 11, 1419–1430 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-011-0307-1

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