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Title: Comment on 'Secure direct communication with a quantum one-time pad'

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam (Germany)

In the paper [Phys. Rev. A 69, 052319 (2004)], a quantum direct communication protocol is proposed which is claimed to be unconditionally secure even for the case of a noisy channel. We show that this is not the case by giving an undetectable attack scheme.

OSTI ID:
20718455
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 72, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.016301; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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