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ZTE Communications ›› 2024, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 106-115.DOI: 10.12142/ZTECOM.202403013

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  • 收稿日期:2023-10-28 出版日期:2024-09-25 发布日期:2024-09-29

Secure SSL/TLS Communication System Based on Quantum Keys

WANG Jigang1,2, LU Yuqian3, WEI Liping1,2, JIANG Xinzao3(), ZHANG Han1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia, Shenzhen 518055, China
    2.Department of Cyberspace Security, ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China
    3.School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211102, China
  • Received:2023-10-28 Online:2024-09-25 Published:2024-09-29
  • About author:WANG Jigang received his PhD degree in computer science from Harbin Engineering University, China in 2007. From May 2007 to June 2009, he held a postdoctoral position in Institute of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China. From August 2009, He has been with Cyber Security Product Line, ZTE Corporation as the general manager. His recent research interests include operating systems, network and information security, and artificial intelligence.
    LU Yuqian is a master student at School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China. Her research interests include IoT and information security.
    WEI Liping received his bachelor's degree in electronic information engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 2005. Since 2020, he has been a product manager of cyber security products at ZTE Corporation. His recent research interests include mobile communication, network and information security, and artificial intelligence.
    JIANG Xinzao (230229200@seu.edu.cn) is a PhD student at School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China. His research interests include privacy-preserving computation and IoT.
    ZHANG Han received his MSc degree in information technology and management from ITC Institute of Twente University, the Netherlands. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China. He is a senior system architect of ZTE Corporation, China and the director of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Big data Storage and Application, China. He is also an associate researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Mobile Network and Mobile Multimedia Technology, China. His research interests include information security, cloud computing, big data, IoT, 5G technology, and human computer interactions.
  • Supported by:
    ZTE Industry?University?Institute Cooperation Funds(HC?CN?20221029003)

Abstract:

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols facilitates a secure framework for identity authentication, data encryption, and message integrity verification. However, with the recent development in quantum computing technology, the security of conventional key-based SSL/TLS protocols faces vulnerabilities. In this paper, we propose a scheme by integrating the quantum key into the SSL/TLS framework. Furthermore, the application of post-quantum algorithms is used to enhance and complement the existing encryption suites. Experimental results show that the proposed SSL/TLS communication system based on quantum keys exhibits high performance in latency and throughput. Moreover, the proposed system showcases good resilience against quantum attacks.

Key words: SSL/TLS protocols, quantum key, post-quantum cryptography