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A professor claimed that wire-based secure communication can be made secure using a continuum, grounded shield around the hot wire carrying the signal. He claimed that, if Eve drills a hole into the shield to probe the hot wire, Alice and Bob could detect the change of the shield resistance and uncover the eavesdropping. Consider tamper resistance. Is such secure communication unconditionally secure?
Solution for the problem is provided below, please comment if any doubts:
The given claim is not fully valid, the securing using continuum, grounded shield around the hot wire carrying signal can reduce the risk of security breach and also increase the security, but we can’t say that it is unconditionally secure when consider about tamper resistance, since: