Paper 2024/033
Security analysis and improvements on a semi-quantum electronic voting protocol
Abstract
Recently, Qiu et al. proposed a semi-quantum voting scheme based on the ring signature (International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 60: 1550–1555(2021)), in which the signer and verifier only need measure the received particles with Z-basis and perform some classical simple encryption/decryption operations on the classical message. Although their scheme is very efficient, it cannot resist against the eavesdropping attacks and forgery attack. In this paper, first, the eavesdropping attacks on Qiu et al.’s scheme are proposed. Second, we show the forgery attack on their scheme. To overcome the security drawbacks of Qiu et al.’s protocol, the eavesdropping check technology should be considered.
Metadata
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PDF
- Category
- Cryptographic protocols
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- Keywords
- Electronic voting schemeQuantum ring signatureEavesdropping attackForgery attack
- Contact author(s)
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3152576894 @ qq com
xin_xiang_jun @ 126 com
000zq000 @ 163 com
lichaoyang @ zzuli edu cn
fagenli @ uestc edu cn - History
- 2024-02-04: last of 7 revisions
- 2024-01-09: received
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- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2024/033
- License
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CC BY-NC
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2024/033,
author = {Qiu Shujing and Xin Xiangjun and Zheng Qian and Li Chaoyang and Li Fagen},
title = {Security analysis and improvements on a semi-quantum electronic voting protocol},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2024/033},
year = {2024},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/033}
}
