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Improvement of a Quantum Proxy Blind Signature Scheme

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Improvement of a quantum proxy blind signature scheme is proposed in this paper. Six-qubit entangled state functions as quantum channel. In our scheme, a trust party Trent is introduced so as to avoid David’s dishonest behavior. The receiver David verifies the signature with the help of Trent in our scheme. The scheme uses the physical characteristics of quantum mechanics to implement message blinding, delegation, signature and verification. Security analysis proves that our scheme has the properties of undeniability, unforgeability, anonymity and can resist some common attacks.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61402275, 61402015, 61273311), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 2015JM6263, 2016JM6069), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No. GK201402004).

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  1. College of Mathematics and Information Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710119, Shaanxi, China

    Jia-Lei Zhang & Jian-Zhong Zhang

  2. School of Science, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, Shaanxi, China

    Shu-Cui Xie

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Zhang, JL., Zhang, JZ. & Xie, SC. Improvement of a Quantum Proxy Blind Signature Scheme. Int J Theor Phys 57, 1612–1621 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-018-3688-4

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