Single-shot security for one-time memories in the isolated qubits model

Published

August 21, 2014

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu

Abstract

One-time memories (OTM's) are simple, tamper-resistant cryptographic devices, which can be used to implement sophisticated functionalities such as one-time programs. OTM's cannot exist in a fully-classical world, or in a fully-quantum world, but there is evidence that they can be built using "isolated qubits" -- qubits that can only be accessed using local operations and classical communication (LOCC). Here we present new constructions for OTM's using isolated qubits, which improve on previous work in several respects: they achieve a stronger "single-shot" security guarantee, which is stated in terms of the (smoothed) min-entropy; they are proven secure against general LOCC adversaries; and they are efficiently implementable. These results use Wiesner's idea of conjugate coding, combined with error-correcting codes that approach the capacity of the q-ary symmetric channel, and a high-order entropic uncertainty relation, which was originally developed for cryptography in the bounded quantum storage model.

Proceedings Title

34th Annual Cryptology Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, August 17-21, 2014, Proceedings, Part II

Volume

8617

Conference Dates

August 17-21, 2014

Conference Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Conference Title

34th Annual Cryptology Conference

Pub Type

Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44381-1_2

Keywords

Cryptography, quantum computation, one-time memories, one-time programs, local operations and classical communication

Citation

Liu, Y. (2014), Single-shot security for one-time memories in the isolated qubits model, 34th Annual Cryptology Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, August 17-21, 2014, Proceedings, Part II, Santa Barbara, CA, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44381-1_2 (Accessed December 14, 2024)