Quantum identity authentication protocol based on three‐photon quantum error avoidance code in edge computing

Abstract

Information security protection is always one of very significant and fundamental issues in edge computing, generally including cryptography, authentication, intrusion detection, privacy protection, and other technologies, and so forth.Quantum authentication is one of the latest extensions of authentication technology in quantum field. So far, most of the quantum identity authentication protocols proposed are based on noise-free environments. However, due to the existence of quantum noise in quantum channels is inevitable, the noise immunity is very important to quantum identity authentication. In this article, a novel quantum identity authentication protocol based on three-photon error avoidance code is proposed. In this protocol, quantum information is encoded on the noiseless subsystem, so the protocol can effectively resist on the interference of noise in the quantum channel to information transmission. The comprehensive analysis of antinoise performance and the security analysis on various eavesdropping attacks shows that the new protocol proposed in this article has not only good antinoise performance but also good security. INTRODUCTIONEdge computing is a distributed computing paradigm, which can make computing and storage closer to the actual user needs, so as to improve demand response speed and reduce the bandwidth requirements of information transmission. 1,2 The distributed feature of this mode requires not only encryption of data but also other different information security protection mechanisms 3-5 because data may be transmitted between different distributed nodes connected through the Internet before it finally reaches the cloud. [6][7][8] As a result, information security protection becomes one of the very significant and fundamental issues in edge computing, 9,10 which generally includes cryptography, 11 authentication, intrusion detection, and privacy protection. 5,[12][13][14] Authentication can encrypt and decrypt the information transmitted on the network, realize digital signature and signature verification, and ensure the security and integrity of the information transmitted on the network. 4,15 Quantum authentication is one of the latest and most advanced authentication technologies in information security. 11,14,15 At present, quantum authentication can be mainly divided into three aspects: quantum identity authentication, quantum channel authentication, and quantum message authentication. This article is about to discuss the quantum identity authentication.Abbreviations: ANA, antinuclear antibodies; APC, antigen-presenting cells; IRF, interferon regulatory factor.

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“…Meanwhile, the new protocol maintained better security against various eavesdropping attacks. However, the study was not effective in improving the accuracy of authentication [8].…”

A short review on quantum identity authentication protocols: How would Bob know that he is talking with Alice?

“…This is an interesting work where QECCs were used for quantum authentication. Much later, Qu et al proposed a QIA protocol based on three-photon error avoidance code [80,108].…”

“…2020: Most of the protocols for QIA mentioned above have not considered the effect of noise which is unavoidable in practical situations. Addressing this issue directly, Qu et al proposed a QIA protocol based on three-photon error avoidance code [80]. This scheme can effectively resist the interference of noise on information transmission through quantum channel.…”