ExpandQISE: Track 1: A Quantum Good Network Protocol (QGP) and Implementation for Security-Enhanced Network Authentication

ExpandQISE：轨道 1：量子良好网络协议 (QGP) 和安全增强型网络身份验证的实现

• 批准号: 2329053
• 负责人: Shuangbao Wang
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: Morgan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329053&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ExpandQISE; Track; Quantum; Good; Network

Non-technical Abstract: Encryption is a key component for protecting the security and privacy of today’s Internet. The current unbreakable encryptions could be easily broken with future quantum computers. Therefore, it is imperative to develop new cryptographic algorithms and systems that can resist current and future cyber-attacks. This research aims to study and implement a novel quantum and post-quantum secure network system that integrates strong encryptions and quantum-safe security to provide improved security, integrity, and privacy for data and communications. The research seeks to build a testbed of quantum networks immune from cyber-attacks. The team applies research outcomes in education in collaborating with universities, national labs, and private sector companies to build pipelines of quantum information science and engineering workforce. The technology has wide applications in securing email privacy, enhancing network security, defending critical network infrastructure, and protecting national security. Findings from this research have significant impact on the security aspect of next-generation quantum Internet. Technical Abstract: This project aims to develop an innovative Quantum Good Privacy (QGP) protocol that extends Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) by incorporating a photonic channel and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. QGP expands the TCP/IP protocol by adding a quantum layer (layer 0) at the bottom of the open systems interconnection (OSI) model and transforming layer 7 with PQC-Dilithium enhanced signatures for improved security, integrity, and privacy. QGP advances theoretical study with an applied approach in building a testbed of Quantum Internet. The photonic channel consists of two endpoints to set up a quantum layer for cryptographic key exchange. A cutting-edge secure authentication algorithm uses PQC-Dilithium signatures, advanced encryption standard (AES), secure hash algorithms (SHA)-3, and hardware encryptors to request quantum keys directly from photonic devices and to encrypt data for local network devices. A quantum service channel acts as Software Defined Networks (SDN)’s control plane to separate the network control logic from devices. This research promotes the progress of developing next-generation quantum-safe networks, contributes to the scientific community in security and privacy, builds better quantum information science and engineering talents, engages in a broader audience, and benefits society.This project is jointly funded by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (MPS/OMA), and the Technology Frontiers Program (TIP/TF).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术摘要：加密是保护当今互联网的安全性和隐私性的关键组成部分。当前的无法破坏的加密很容易用未来的量子计算机破坏。因此，必须开发新的加密算法和可以抵抗当前和将来的网络攻击的系统。这项研究旨在研究和实施一种新颖的量子和后量子后安全网络系统，该系统集成了强大的加密和量子安全安全，以提供改进的数据和通信的安全性，完整性和隐私。该研究旨在建立量子网络的测试台免受网络攻击的影响。该团队与大学，国家实验室和私营部门公司合作运用教育研究成果，以建立量子信息科学和工程劳动力的管道。该技术在确保电子邮件隐私，增强网络安全性，捍卫关键网络基础架构和保护国家安全方面具有广泛的应用程序。这项研究的发现对下一代量子互联网的安全方面产生了重大影响。技术摘要：该项目旨在开发一种创新的量子良好隐私（QGP）协议，该协议通过导入光子通道和量词后加密（PQC）算法来扩展相当良好的隐私（PGP）。 QGP通过在开放系统互连（OSI）模型底部添加量子层（层0）来扩展TCP/IP协议，并使用PQC-Dilithium增强签名转换7层，以提高安全性，完整性和隐私。 QGP在构建量子互联网测试台时采用了一种应用方法来进行理论研究。光子通道由两个端点组成，用于为加密密钥交换设置量子层。尖端的安全身份验证算法使用PQC-二利锂签名，高级加密标准（AES），安全哈希算法（SHA）-3和硬件加密直接从光子设备请求量子键，并为本地网络设备加密数据。量子服务通道充当软件定义的网络（SDN）的控制平面，可将网络控制逻辑与设备分开。这项研究促进了发展下一代量子安全网络的进步，为安全和隐私方面的科学界做出了贡献，建立了更好的量子信息科学和工程才能，参与更广泛的受众群体和福利社会。该项目由历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU-UP）（HBCU-UP）（HBCU-UPIRDIRIDILY ACTISTION AMPIRIDINIL AMPIRIDY ACTIONTIRALIT AMPIRIDY ACTIONTIRAL AMPIRIDY ACTISTIRAL AMPIRIDY ASSIRE）（MIDIDIRIDY ARMAIRIDY）（MIDIDIRIDIRINY）共同资助。 （TIP/TF）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估诚实的支持。