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Quantum Key Distribution in Kubernetes Clusters

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  • Ignazio Pedone

    (Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy)

  • Antonio Lioy

    (Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy)

Abstract

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) represents a reasonable countermeasure to the advent of Quantum Computing and its impact on current public-key cryptography. So far, considerable efforts have been devoted to investigate possible application scenarios for QKD in several domains such as Cloud Computing and NFV. This paper extends a previous work whose main objective was to propose a new software stack, the Quantum Software Stack (QSS), to integrate QKD into software-defined infrastructures. The contribution of this paper is twofold: enhancing the previous work adding functionalities to the first version of the QSS, and presenting a practical integration of the QSS in Kubernetes, which is the de-facto standard for container orchestration.

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  • Ignazio Pedone & Antonio Lioy, 2022. "Quantum Key Distribution in Kubernetes Clusters," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:14:y:2022:i:6:p:160-:d:823600
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