Government approval sought for quantum encryption
The makers of a network security device that uses quantum cryptography have an ingenious plan to gain government approval despite the absence of standards specific to the technology.
Senetas, the Australian developer of the CypherNet Cerberis encryption device, has a partnership with quantum cryptography leader id Quantique. The two companies hope to gain early accreditation for Cerberis from Australia's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD).
Cerberis performs wire-speed layer 2 AES encryption for Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH (up to 10Gbps) and ATM (up to 622Mbps) links, using quantum key distribution.
