Abstract
The need for a quantum-safe Internet is emerging, and this is a great opportunity to re-examine the legacy of public key infrastructure. There is a need for
perspective on the evolution of cryptography over the years, including the perfect
information-theoretical secure schemes and the computationally secure schemes,
in particular. There is also a need to examine the evolving Internet infrastructure
to identify efficient design and secure cryptographic schemes over the existing
Internet infrastructure. A combination of overlay security, blockchain, and Merkle
trees with Lamport’s signatures offers just such an easily implementable quantum safe Internet.
perspective on the evolution of cryptography over the years, including the perfect
information-theoretical secure schemes and the computationally secure schemes,
in particular. There is also a need to examine the evolving Internet infrastructure
to identify efficient design and secure cryptographic schemes over the existing
Internet infrastructure. A combination of overlay security, blockchain, and Merkle
trees with Lamport’s signatures offers just such an easily implementable quantum safe Internet.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Modern Cryptography |
| Subtitle of host publication | Theory, Technology, Adaptation and Integration |
| Editors | Menachem Domb |
| Publisher | IntechOpen |
| Chapter | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-78984-9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-78984-470-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- public key infrastructure
- Post-quantum cryptography
- secret sharing
- blockchain
- Lamport signatures
