Quantum non-malleability and authentication

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  • Gorjan Alagic
  • Christian Majenz

In encryption, non-malleability is a highly desirable property: it ensures that adversaries cannot manipulate the plaintext by acting on the ciphertext. In [6], Ambainis et al. gave a definition of non-malleability for the encryption of quantum data. In this work, we show that this definition is too weak, as it allows adversaries to “inject” plaintexts of their choice into the ciphertext. We give a new definition of quantum non-malleability which resolves this problem. Our definition is expressed in terms of entropic quantities, considers stronger adversaries, and does not assume secrecy. Rather, we prove that quantum non-malleability implies secrecy; this is in stark contrast to the classical setting, where the two properties are completely independent. For unitary schemes, our notion of non-malleability is equivalent to encryption with a two-design and hence also to the. Our techniques also yield new results regarding the closely-related task of quantum authentication. We show that “total authentication” (a notion recently proposed by Garg et al. [6],) can be satisfied with two-designs, a significant improvement over the eight-design construction of [18],. We also show that, under a mild adaptation of the rejection procedure, both total authentication and our notion of non-malleability yield quantum authentication as defined by Dupuis et al. [16].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2017 - 37th Annual International Cryptology Conference, Proceedings
EditorsJonathan Katz, Hovav Shacham
Number of pages32
Volume2
PublisherSpringer VS
Publication date1 Jan 2017
Pages310-341
ISBN (Print)9783319637143
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
Event37th Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2017 - Santa Barbara, United States
Duration: 20 Aug 201724 Aug 2017

Conference

Conference37th Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2017
LandUnited States
BySanta Barbara
Periode20/08/201724/08/2017
SeriesLecture notes in computer science
Volume10402
ISSN0302-9743

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