Security of a Secret Sharing Protocol on the Qline

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Authors: Alex B. Grilo, Lucas Hanouz, Anne Marin
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Abstract

Secret sharing is a fundamental primitive in cryptography, and it can be achieved even with perfect security. However, the distribution of shares requires computational assumptions, which can compromise the overall security of the protocol. While traditional Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) can maintain security, its widespread deployment in general networks would incur prohibitive costs. In this work, we present a quantum protocol for distributing additive secret sharing of 0, which we prove to be composably secure within the Abstract Cryptography framework. Moreover, our protocol targets the Qline, a recently proposed quantum network architecture designed to simplify and reduce the cost of quantum communication. Once the shares are distributed, they can be used to securely perform a wide range of cryptographic tasks, including standard additive secret sharing, anonymous veto, and symmetric key establishment.

Fields of Study & Subjects

IPv6 Mobility Handover Networks Security Cloud Data Security Solutions Advanced Authentication Protocols Security

Publication details

Journal / source
2026 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC)
Publisher
IEEE
Pages
333–337
Publication date
6 April 2026
Language
EN