The shannon cipher system with a guessing eavesdropper

Lanqing Yu, Paul Cuff

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Abstract

We consider a Shannon cipher system in which distortion is allowed at the legitimate receiver. The secrecy metric used is the exponent of the probability that the reconstruction of the source sequence by the eavesdropper is within a distortion level. A single-letter characterization is provided when the message rate is large enough. Under the optimal code, the eavesdropper can do no better than either making a reconstruction blindly or guessing the key first and then reconstructing based on the sequence reconstructed by the legitimate receiver.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages749-753
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509040964
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 9 2017
Event2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2017 - Aachen, Germany
Duration: Jun 25 2017Jun 30 2017

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2157-8095

Other

Other2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2017
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityAachen
Period6/25/176/30/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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