Hide and seek with quantum resources: New and modified protocols for quantum steganography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05893v1
• Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:06:49 GMT
• Title: Hide and seek with quantum resources: New and modified protocols for quantum steganography
• Authors: Rohan Joshi, Akhil Gupta, Kishore Thapliyal, R Srikanth, Anirban Pathak
• Abstract summary: Steganography is the science of hiding and communicating a secret message by embedding it in an innocent looking text. It has been shown that such protocols are vulnerable to a certain steganalysis attack that can detect the presence of the hidden message and suppress the entire communication. We propose a novel steganography protocol using discrete modulation continuous variable QKD that eliminates the threat of this detection-based attack.
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• Abstract: Steganography is the science of hiding and communicating a secret message by embedding it in an innocent looking text such that the eavesdropper is unaware of its existence. Previously, attempts were made to establish steganography using quantum key distribution (QKD). Recently, it has been shown that such protocols are vulnerable to a certain steganalysis attack that can detect the presence of the hidden message and suppress the entire communication. In this work, we elaborate on the vulnerabilities of the original protocol which make it insecure against this detection attack. Further, we propose a novel steganography protocol using discrete modulation continuous variable QKD that eliminates the threat of this detection-based attack. Deriving from the properties of our protocol, we also propose modifications in the original protocol to dispose of its vulnerabilities and make it insusceptible to steganalysis.

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