  An intercept-resend attack on a continuous-variable quantum-key-distribution
protocol is investigated experimentally. By varying the interception fraction,
one can implement a family of attacks where the eavesdropper totally controls
the channel parameters. In general, such attacks add excess noise in the
channel, and may also result in non-Gaussian output distributions. We implement
and characterize the measurements needed to detect these attacks, and evaluate
experimentally the information rates available to the legitimate users and the
eavesdropper. The results are consistent with the optimality of Gaussian
attacks resulting from the security proofs.
