skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Quantum key management

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1333682
; ;

Innovations for quantum key management harness quantum communications to form a cryptography system within a public key infrastructure framework. In example implementations, the quantum key management innovations combine quantum key distribution and a quantum identification protocol with a Merkle signature scheme (using Winternitz one-time digital signatures or other one-time digital signatures, and Merkle hash trees) to constitute a cryptography system. More generally, the quantum key management innovations combine quantum key distribution and a quantum identification protocol with a hash-based signature scheme. This provides a secure way to identify, authenticate, verify, and exchange secret cryptographic keys. Features of the quantum key management innovations further include secure enrollment of users with a registration authority, as well as credential checking and revocation with a certificate authority, where the registration authority and/or certificate authority can be part of the same system as a trusted authority for quantum key distribution.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,509,506
Application Number:
13/599,816
OSTI ID:
1333682
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Aug 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (52)

Secure communications with low-orbit spacecraft using quantum cryptography patent October 1999
Dual encryption protocol for scalable secure group communication patent July 2001
Method and apparatus for free-space quantum key distribution in daylight patent June 2004
Systems and methods for reserving cryptographic key material patent April 2009
Quantum key distribution method and communication apparatus patent September 2009
Systems and methods for implementing path length control for quantum cryptographic systems patent December 2009
Phase responsive optical fiber sensor patent May 2010
Key information consistency checking in encrypting data storage system patent August 2011
Method for managing cryptographic information patent July 2012
Method and apparatus for free-space quantum key distribution in daylight patent-application December 2001
Biometric verification for electronic transactions over the web patent-application January 2002
Feedback polarization controller patent-application January 2003
Dual battery configuration and method of using the same to provide a long-term power solution in a programmable smart card patent-application May 2003
Systems and methods for non-interactive session key distribution with revocation patent-application January 2004
Method and system for establishing a wireless communication link patent-application July 2004
Method and apparatus for distributing and updating private keys of multicast group managers using directory replication patent-application February 2005
Coherent-states based quantum data-encryption through optically-amplified WDM communication networks patent-application June 2005
Secure broadcast/multicast service patent-application July 2006
Method of integrating QKD with IPSec patent-application September 2006
Multi-channel transmission of quantum information patent-application November 2006
Quantum secret splitting based on non-orthogonal multi-particle states patent-application August 2007
Pedigrees for quantum cryptography patent-application August 2007
Method And Device For Stabilizing The State Of Polarization Of A Polarization Multiplexed Optical Radiation patent-application December 2007
Device with multiple one-time pads and method of managing such a device patent-application February 2008
LARGE SCALE QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK patent-application June 2008
Entanglement-Based Qkd System With Active Phase Tracking patent-application January 2009
Method and System for Identifying and Managing Keys patent-application April 2009
Modulator timing for quantum key distribution patent-application June 2009
Object locator system patent-application June 2009
QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE patent-application July 2009
Architecture for reconfigurable quantum key distribution networks based on entangled photons directed by a wavelength selective switch patent-application July 2009
Architecture for reconfigurable quantum key distribution networks based on entangled photons by wavelength division multiplexing patent-application July 2009
QKD system and method with improved signal-to-noise ratio patent-application July 2009
QKD Arrangement patent-application July 2009
QKD station with EMI signature suppression patent-application August 2009
QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING LDPC CODES WITH A GRAPH HAVING A TOROID STRUCTURE patent-application October 2010
Method of Using ECDSA with Winternitz One Time Signature patent-application August 2011
Free-space quantum-key distribution journal April 1998
Practical Free-Space Quantum Key Distribution over 1 km journal October 1998
Secure Identification and QKD in the Bounded-Quantum-Storage Model book January 2007
Quantum secret sharing journal March 1999
Quantum Cryptography over Underground Optical Fibers book January 1996
Secure communications using quantum cryptography conference July 1997
Custom hardware to eliminate bottlenecks in QKD throughput performance conference September 2007
Present and future free-space quantum key distribution conference April 2002
Quantum Coin-Flipping-Based Authentication conference June 2009
Long-Distance Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution in Optical Fiber journal January 2007
Quantum key distribution at telecom wavelengths with noise-free detectors journal January 2006
Progress toward quantum communications networks: opportunities and challenges conference February 2007
New Efficient Three-Party Quantum Key Distribution Protocols journal January 2009
Experimental investigation of quantum key distribution through transparent optical switch elements journal November 2003
New hash functions and their use in authentication and set equality journal June 1981

Similar Records

Review of Authentication Strategies and Trends for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · OSTI ID:1333682
Security Technologies for Open Networking Environments (STONE)
Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2005 · OSTI ID:1333682
Efficient Public-key Revocation Management for Secure Smart Meter Communications using One-way Cryptographic Accumulators
Conference · Sun May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · IEEE International Conference on Communications · OSTI ID:1333682

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS