title: Quantum communication between N partners and Bell's inequalities.
abstract: We consider a family of quantum communication protocols involving N partners. We demonstrate the existence of a link between the security of these protocols against individual attacks by the eavesdropper, and the violation of some Bell's inequalities, generalizing the link that was noticed some years ago for two-partners quantum cryptography. The arguments are independent of the local hidden variable debate.
authors.affiliation: Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 20, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scarani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gisin