# On the Security of Offloading Post-Processing
## 3 Outsourcing Information Reconciliation
### Multiparty Computation-Based Outsourcing
## 7 Patents

The basic scheme _IC-REM_ from this work was first patented in Austria (AT519476B1) and later in Europe (EP3607446B1) and the US as well (US11128445B2). However, only in this work did we provide the security analysis and additional methods as well as the limitations for the technology. Conceptualization, T.L. and B.S. ; methodology, T.L, S.K., C.P. and B.S. ; validation, T.L., S.K. and C.P. ; formal analysis, T.L. and S.K. ; investigation, T.L. ; writing--original draft preparation, T.L., S.K., and C.P. ; writing--review and editing, T.L., S.K, C.P. and B.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 857156 (OPENQKD) and No. 830929 (CyberSec4 Europe). Not applicable. The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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