Paper 2024/033 Original: eprint.iacr.org/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.
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- Cryptographic protocols
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2024-02-04: last updated
- 2024-01-09: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2024/033
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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}
}