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On “A new quantum blind signature with unlinkability”

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This article points out a security loophole in Shi et al.’s quantum blind signature scheme. By using the modification attack, a message owner can cheat a signature receiver with a fake message–signature pair without being detected.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of China for financial support of this research under Contract No. MOST 104-2221-E-006-102.

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  1. Institute for Information Industry, CyberTrust Technology Institute, No. 116, Fu-Yang St., Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Yi-Ping Luo

  2. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Shang-Lun Tsai, Tzonelih Hwang & Shih-Hung Kao

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Luo, YP., Tsai, SL., Hwang, T. et al. On “A new quantum blind signature with unlinkability”. Quantum Inf Process 16, 87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-017-1536-8

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