The paper proposes a layered, modular network architecture combining Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to achieve scalable, end-to-end post-quantum security in multi-h…

The paper presents a high-speed, phase-noise-based Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) that achieves a post-processed generation rate of 1.0 Gbps, suitable for real-time secure applications.

The paper proposes a novel framework that enables multiple institutions to jointly train a synthetic genomic data generator without revealing their raw data, thereby facilitating large-scale, privacy-…

This paper provides a comprehensive, system-level taxonomy for designing quantum-resistant network architectures, moving beyond simple protocol substitutions to address key distribution and management…

The paper proposes Q-FE, a novel Quantum-Native 6G Far-Edge architecture that secures Industrial IoT Digital Twins by integrating micro-digital twins, compact post-quantum key exchange, and asynchrono…

The paper introduces $I$-$(OT)^2$, a novel base 1-out-of-2 Oblivious Transfer (OT) protocol designed to minimize computation and interaction for resource-constrained IoT devices.

The paper proposes a novel hybrid key distribution architecture combining Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) with Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise (KLJN) statistical-physical key exchange to enhance key genera…

The paper establishes that the existence of many-time secure uncloneable encryption (UCE) can be shown to follow from relatively weak assumptions, such as the existence of many-time secure symmetric k…

The paper introduces 'quantum-safe,' a Python library that addresses the remaining 'production gap' in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by providing robust, easy-to-use hybrid implementations and compr…

The paper establishes a strong connection between scalable pseudorandom unitaries (PRUs) and the unitary synthesis problem, proving that any such PRU construction must require a classical oracle of si…

The paper introduces a novel authentication-with-response scheme that halves the key consumption required for mutual authentication in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) while maintaining unconditional se…

The paper argues that current lattice-based post-quantum cryptography, which relies on injecting noise, is not unconditionally secure because advanced quantum error correction and learning techniques…

The paper classifies the subsets of an encrypted-clone storage register, demonstrating that intermediate non-authorized subsets can leak information about the original qubit state through a parity-dep…

The paper estimates the quantum resources required to break 256-bit ECC cryptography and warns that fast-clock quantum computers could enable on-spend attacks on modern cryptocurrencies, necessitating…

The paper proposes a novel set of combined cellular automaton (CA)-based pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) that overcome the weak equidistribution issues of existing CA-based PRNGs, achieving ma…

The paper introduces a software platform for generating and analyzing pseudo-random sequences (like LFSR and Mersenne Twister), demonstrating that while these classical generators are efficient, quant…

The paper introduces Aquaman, a transparent-proxy architecture that enables quantum-resilient session-key establishment at the network edge, protecting clients that cannot natively support post-quantu…

The paper demonstrates that AI agents can conduct a secret, undetectable conversation by exchanging a key using a novel cryptographic primitive, even if they start with no shared secret.

The paper proposes a unified, information-theoretic framework using universal hash functions to solve the bootstrapping of seedless QRNGs and to securely combine PQC and QKD keys against quantum adver…

The paper introduces SeedHijack, a backdoor attack that manipulates the pseudorandom number generation process in LLMs to force specific token selections, and proposes a hardware quantum random number…