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CV Detector-Control Attack
The threat actor (Eve) injects bright light into the signal port of a CV-QKD receiver (Bob) to saturate the detector electronics, masking other attacks and gaining complete knowledge of the key.
Literature
| [Qin2018] | H. Qin, R. Kumar, V. Makarov, and R. Alleaume. "Homodyne-detector-blinding attack in continuous-variable quantum key distribution" In: Phys. Rev. A 98, 012312. (2018) 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.012312. |
Technique → Countermeasures
List of countermeasures applicable to this technique.
Items: 3
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Employ Real-time Quadrature Measurements with Random Optical Attenuations. |
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Use of watchdog detector. |
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Employ another QKD protocol. |