Classical Authentication Aided Three-Stage Quantum Protocol

Abstract

This paper modifies Kak's three-stage protocol so that it can guarantee secure transmission of information. Although avoiding man-in-the-middle attack is our primary objective in the introduction of classical authentication inside the three-stage protocol, we also benefit from the inherent advantages of the chosen classical authentication protocol. We have tried to implement ideas like key distribution center, session key, time-stamp, and nonce, within the quantum cryptography protocol.

7 pages, 3 figures

References in corpus (3)

• Feasibility of the interlock protocol against man-in-the-middle attacks on quantum cryptography
• Trusted Certificates in Quantum Cryptography
• Implementing the Three-Stage Quantum Cryptography Protocol

Cited by in corpus (2)

• Variations on Kak's Three Stage Quantum Cryptography Protocol
• Comparing BB84 and Authentication-Aided Kak's Three-Stage Quantum Protocol