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A Novel Quantum Stegonagraphy Based on Brown States

Zhiguo Qu^1,*, Tiancheng Zhu², Jinwei Wang¹, Xiaojun Wang³

1 Jiangsu Engineering Center of Network Monitoring, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, P. R. China.
2 School of Computers & Software, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, P. R. China.
3 School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

* Corresponding Author: Zhiguo Qu. Email: .

Computers, Materials & Continua 2018, 56(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2018.02215

Abstract

In this paper, a novel quantum steganography protocol based on Brown entangled states is proposed. The new protocol adopts the CNOT operation to achieve the transmission of secret information by the best use of the characteristics of entangled states. Comparing with the previous quantum steganography algorithms, the new protocol focuses on its anti-noise capability for the phase-flip noise, which proved its good security resisting on quantum noise. Furthermore, the covert communication of secret information in the quantum secure direct communication channel would not affect the normal information transmission process due to the new protocol’s good imperceptibility. If the number of Brown states transmitted in carrier protocol is many enough, the imperceptibility of the secret channel can be further enhanced. In aspect of capacity, the new protocol can further expand its capacity by combining with other quantum steganography protocols. Due to that the proposed protocol does not require the participation of the classic channel when it implements the transmission of secret information, any additional information leakage will not be caused for the new algorithm with good security. The detailed theoretical analysis proves that the new protocol can own good performance on imperceptibility, capacity and security.

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