Response to "Retraction Note: Can Two-Way Direct Communication Protocols Be Considered Secure?"

TL;DR

This paper is a detailed response defending the original work on the security of two-way communication protocols, addressing the reasons for its retraction and providing counterarguments to the retraction report.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive rebuttal to the retraction, clarifying the original paper's findings and challenging the reasons for its withdrawal.

Findings

Reproduction of the retraction report and author's response

Analysis disputing the reasons for retraction

Defense of the original security claims

Abstract

This is a response to "Retraction Note: Can Two-Way Direct Co mmunication Protocols Be Considered Secure? Mladen Pavicic," Nanoscale Research Letters,14, 242 (2019). The "anonymised" report which served the editors to retract the paper is reproduced in full. A response to the report by the author of the original paper, sent to the editors of the journal, is also reproduced in full. The author analyses and discusses both the report and the retraction note and explains why he cannot agree to the retraction.