Publication detail

Open-Source Post-Quantum Encryptor: Design, Implementation and Deployment

TŮMA, P. HAJNÝ, J. MUZIKANT, P. HAVLÍN, J. MALINA, L. DOBIÁŠ, P. WILLEMSON, J.

Original Title

Open-Source Post-Quantum Encryptor: Design, Implementation and Deployment

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This article describes an open-source quantum-resistant network traffic encryptor for the Linux platform. Our encryptor uses a combination of quantum and post-quantum key establishment methods to achieve quantum resistance combined with a fast encryption speed of AES to make quantum-resistant encryption readily available to the public. The packet-by-packet encryption architecture ensures that every bit of information is properly authenticated and encrypted. The combination of multiple key sources further increases the encryptor’s security – be it elliptic curve-based (Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman, ECDH), quantum (Quantum Key Distribution, QKD) or post-quantum (CRYSTALS-Kyber). Without knowing all the keys obtained from different types of key sources, the final hybrid encryption key can only be obtained by brute-force means. Our contribution is very practical as the encryptor has reasonable performance, despite not being part of the Linux kernel.

Keywords

Cryptography;Key Establishment;Post-Quantum Cryptography;Security;Quantum Key Distribution (QKD);Network Encryption

Authors

TŮMA, P.; HAJNÝ, J.; MUZIKANT, P.; HAVLÍN, J.; MALINA, L.; DOBIÁŠ, P.; WILLEMSON, J.

Released

9. 7. 2024

Publisher

SciTePress

ISBN

978-989-758-709-2

Book

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2024)

ISBN

2184-7711

Periodical

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2024)

State

Portuguese Republic

Pages from

826

Pages to

831

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.scitepress.org/PublicationsDetail.aspx?ID=8jUQgq8nzaI%3d&t=1

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/249920

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT189112,
  author="Petr {Tůma} and Jan {Hajný} and Petr {Muzikant} and Jan {Havlín} and Lukáš {Malina} and Patrik {Dobiáš} and Jan {Willemson}",
  title="Open-Source Post-Quantum Encryptor: Design, Implementation and Deployment",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2024)",
  year="2024",
  journal="Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT 2024)",
  pages="826--831",
  publisher="SciTePress",
  doi="10.5220/0012839200003767",
  isbn="978-989-758-709-2",
  issn="2184-7711",
  url="https://www.scitepress.org/PublicationsDetail.aspx?ID=8jUQgq8nzaI%3d&t=1"
}