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The crucial issue of quantum communication protocol is its security. In this paper, the security of the Quantum Authentication Scheme Based on Entanglement Swap** proposed by Penghao et al. (Int J Theor Phys., doi:10.1007/s10773-015-2662-7) is reanalyzed. It is shown that the original does not complete the task of quantum authentication and communication securely. Furthermore a simple improvement on the protocol is proposed.
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This work is supported by Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah Branch, Kermanshah, IRAN. The author would like to thank Soheila Gholipour, Yasna Naseri and Viana Naseri for their interests in this work.
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Naseri, M. Revisiting Quantum Authentication Scheme Based on Entanglement Swap**. Int J Theor Phys 55, 2428–2435 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-015-2880-z
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