Abstract :
[en] In this work, we explore the notion of deniability in public-key authenticated quantum key exchange (QKE), which allows two parties to establish a shared secret key without leaving any evidence that would bind a session to either party. The deniability property is expressed in terms of being able to simulate the transcripts of a protocol. The ability to deny a message or an action has applications ranging from secure messaging to secure e-voting and whistle-blowing. While quite
well-established in classical cryptography, it remains largely unexplored in the quantum setting. Here, we first present a natural extension of classical definitions in the simulation paradigm to the setting of quantum computation and formalize the requirements for a deniable QKE scheme.
We then prove that the BB84 variant of QKE, when authenticated using a strong designated verifier signature scheme, satisfies deniability and, finally, propose a concrete instantiation.
FnR Project :
FNR11689058 - Quantum Communication With Deniability, 2017 (01/07/2018-30/06/2021) - Peter Y. A. Ryan
FNR13643617 - Secure, Quantum-safe, Practical Voting Technologies, 2019 (01/04/2020-31/03/2023) - Peter Y. A. Ryan
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