Quantum Digital Signature: Difference between revisions

Digital Signatures (QDS) allow the exchange of classical messages from sender to multiple recipients, with a guarantee that the signature has come from a genuine sender. Additionally, it comes with the properties of (i) [[Quantum Digital Signature#Properties|transferability]] i.e. messages with DS can be forwarded from one recipient to another such that DS is verifiable to have come from the original sender, (ii) [[Quantum Digital Signature#Properties|non-repudiation]] i.e at any stage after sending the message to one recipient, sender cannot deny having sent the message and corresponding DS, and (iii) [[Quantum Digital Signature#Properties|unforgeability]] i.e. a dishonest recipient cannot alter or fake the sender's DS and forward it to other recipients successfully. In contrast, classical digital signatures rely on authentication (taken as an assumption for some QDS protocols) i.e. the message has come from the claimed party; integrity i.e. the message has not been altered (if authentication is confirmed, this property is unforgeability) and non-repudiation (same as QDS). <br/>