2015/07/31 by Chenmiao Wu, Li Yang
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #40-bit encryption #Attribute-based encryption #Computer science #Computer security #Cryptography and Data Security #Deterministic encryption #Encryption #Key (lock) #Multiple encryption #Physics #Plaintext-aware encryption #Probabilistic encryption #Public-key cryptography #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum cryptography #Quantum information #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical computer science #cs.CR #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1117/12.2194067
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arxiv created 2015/09/17 · openalex publication_date 2015/10/13 · arxiv updated 2016/01/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present a classification of quantum public-key encryption protocols. There are six elements in quantum public-key encryption: plaintext, ciphertext, public-key, private-key, encryption algorithm and decryption algorithm. According to the property of each element which is either quantum or classical, the quantum public-key encryption protocols can be divided into 64 kinds. Among 64 kinds of protocols, 8 kinds have already been constructed, 52 kinds can be proved to be impossible to construct and the remaining 4 kinds have not been presented effectively yet. This indicates that the research on quantum public-key encryption protocol should be focus on the existed kinds and the unproposed kinds.