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Robust general N user authentication scheme in a centralized quantum communication network via generalized GHZ states

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Quantum communication provides an enormous advantage over its classical counterpart: security of communications based on the very principles of quantum mechanics. Researchers have proposed several approaches for user identity authentication via entanglement. Unfortunately, these protocols fail because an attacker can capture some of the particles in a transmitted sequence and send what is left to the receiver through a quantum channel. Subsequently, the attacker can restore some of the confidential messages, giving rise to the possibility of information leakage. Here we present a new robust General N user authentication protocol based on N-particle Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) states, which makes eavesdropping detection more effective and secure, as compared to some current authentication protocols. The security analysis of our protocol for various kinds of attacks verifies that it is unconditionally secure, and that an attacker will not obtain any information about the transmitted key. Moreover, as the number of transferred key bits N becomes larger, while the number of users for transmitting the information is increased, the probability of effectively obtaining the transmitted authentication keys is reduced to zero.

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J. Batle acknowledges fruitful discussions with Joana Rosselló, Maria del Mar Batle and Regina Batle.

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  1. Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

    Ahmed Farouk & M. Elhoseny

  2. Applied Science University, Bahrain & Mathematics Dept. Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

    M. Abdel-Aty

  3. Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

    J. Batle

  4. Department of Physics, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

    Mosayeb Naseri

  5. Department of Physics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190006, India

    Muzaffar Lone

  6. Russian Quantum Center, 100 Novaya Street, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia

    Alex Fedorov

  7. Information Technology Department, Al-Zahra College for Women, P.O. Box 3365, Muscat, Oman

    Majid Alkhambashi

  8. School of Computer Science & Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

    Syed Hassan Ahmed

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Farouk, A., Batle, J., Elhoseny, M. et al. Robust general N user authentication scheme in a centralized quantum communication network via generalized GHZ states. Front. Phys. 13, 130306 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-017-0717-3

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