VPN Service Provisioning via Virtual Router Deployment and Quantum Key Distribution
Alejandro Aguado, Vı́ctor López, Jesús Martínez-Mateo, Momtchil Peev, Diego R. Lopez, Vicente Martín · Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2018
Here we demonstrate, for the first time, VPN services integrated within a virtual router using QKD to perform encryption and authentication. Any management operation is also secured using QKD, providing a whole quantum-safe ecosystem.