Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A privacy-preserving quantum sealed-bid auction protocol with EPR pairs

  • Published:
Quantum Information Processing Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In view of the privacy-preserving problem and the high resource consumption in post-confirmation mechanism of the existing systems, a new quantum sealed-bid auction protocol is proposed. We employ two auction assistants to transmit bids with EPR pairs from bidders to the auctioneer. Nested calls to a hash function and a bulletin board are used to implement the post-confirmation mechanism, which is simple and resource-saving. Furthermore, we analyze the security and completeness of the protocol. The scheme is proved to be secure against well-known attacks and meets all requirements of a secure sealed-bid auction.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Montenegro, J., Fischer, M., Lopez, J., Peralta, R.: secure sealed-bid online auctions using discreet cryptographic proofs. Math. Comput. Modell. (2013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.07.027

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  2. Yang, Y.G., Naseri, M., Wen, Q.Y.: Improved secure quantum sealed-bid auction. Opt. Commun. (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.07.010

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Zhao, Z.W., Naseri, M., Zheng, Y.Q.: Secure quantum sealed-bid auction with post-confirmation. Opt. Commun. (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2010.04.019

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Bennett, C.H., Brassard, G.: Quantum cryptography: public key distribution and coin tossing. Theor Comput Sci (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2014.05.025

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. Naseri, M.: Secure quantum sealed-bid auction. Opt. Commun. (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.01.026

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Qin, S.J., Gao, F., Wen, Q.Y., Meng, L.M., Zhu, F.C.: Cryptanalysis and improvement of a secure quantum sealed-bid auction. Opt. Commun. (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.06.070

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. He, L.B., Huang, L.S., Yang, W., Xu, R., Han, D.Q.: Cryptanalysis and melioration of secure quantum sealed-bid auction with post-confirmation. Quantum Inf. Process. 11, 1359–1369 (2012)

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  8. Luo, Y., Zhao, Z.W., Zhao, Z.J., Long, H.M., Su, W., Yang, Y.X.: The loophole of the improved secure quantum sealed-bid auction with post-confirmation and solution. Quantum Inf. Process. 12, 295–302 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Wang, Q.L., Zhang, W.W., Su, Q.: Revisiting “The loophole of the improved secure quantum sealed-bid auction with post-confirmation and solution.” Int. J. Theor. Phys. 53, 3147–3153 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Wang, J.T., Chen, X.B., Xu, G., Meng, X.H., Yang, Y.X.: A new quantum sealed-bid auction protocol with secret order in post-confirmation. Quantum Inf. Process. 14, 3899–3911 (2015)

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  11. Wang, Z.Y.: Quantum secure direct communication and quantum sealed-bid auction with EPR pairs. Commun. Theor. Phys. 54, 997–1002 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Liu, W.J., Wang, F., Sai, J., Qu, Z.G., Wang, X.J.: Attacks and improvement of quantum sealed-bid auction with EPR pairs. Commun. Theor. Phys. 61, 686–690 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Liu, W.J., Wang, H.B., Yuan, G.L., Xu, Y., Chen, Z.Y., An, X.X., Ji, F.G., Gnitou, G.T.: Multiparty quantum sealed-bid auction using single photons as message carrier. Quantum Inf. Process. 15, 869–879 (2015)

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  14. Zhang, K.J., Kwek, L.C., Ma, C.G., Zhang, L., Sun, H.W.: Security analysis with improved design of post-confirmation mechanism for quantum sealed-bid auction with single photons. Quantum Inf. Process. (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-017-1808-3

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  15. Alvarez, R., Nojoumian, M.: Comprehensive survey on privacy-preserving protocols for sealed-bid auctions. Comput. Secur. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2019.03.023

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Shi, R.H.: Useful equations about bell states and their applications to quantum secret sharing. IEEE Commun. Lett. 24, 386–390 (2019)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Gou, X.L., Shi, R.H., Shi, Z., Li, K.C.: An improved E-payment protocol based on quantum blind signature without entanglement. Mod. Phys. Lett. A (2021). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732321500401

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61772001).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China

    Wei Gao, Run-hua Shi & Mingxia Wu

Authors
  1. Wei Gao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Run-hua Shi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Mingxia Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Run-hua Shi.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Gao, W., Shi, Rh. & Wu, M. A privacy-preserving quantum sealed-bid auction protocol with EPR pairs. Quantum Inf Process 21, 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-03349-w

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-03349-w

Keywords

Search

Navigation