2025-10-08 –, Prague/ Technical Deep Dive & Innovation
PQConnect is a post-quantum end-to-end tunneling protocol that
automatically protects all packets between clients that have installed
PQConnect and servers that have installed and configured PQConnect.
Like VPNs, PQConnect does not require any changes to higher-level
protocols and application software. PQConnect adds cryptographic
protection to unencrypted applications, works in concert with existing
pre-quantum applications to add post-quantum protection, and adds a
second application-independent layer of defense to any applications
that have begun to incorporate application-specific post-quantum
protection.
Unlike VPNs, PQConnect automatically creates end-to-end tunnels to any
number of servers using automatic peer discovery, with no need for the
client administrator to configure per-server information. Each server
carries out a client-independent configuration step to publish an
announcement that the server’s name accepts PQConnect connections. Any
PQConnect client connecting to that name efficiently finds this
announcement, automatically establishes a post-quantum point-to-point
IP tunnel to the server, and routes traffic for that name through that
tunnel.
PQConnect is a post-quantum end-to-end tunneling protocol that
automatically protects all packets between clients that have installed
PQConnect and servers that have installed and configured PQConnect.
Like VPNs, PQConnect does not require any changes to higher-level
protocols and application software. PQConnect adds cryptographic
protection to unencrypted applications, works in concert with existing
pre-quantum applications to add post-quantum protection, and adds a
second application-independent layer of defense to any applications
that have begun to incorporate application-specific post-quantum
protection.
Unlike VPNs, PQConnect automatically creates end-to-end tunnels to any
number of servers using automatic peer discovery, with no need for the
client administrator to configure per-server information. Each server
carries out a client-independent configuration step to publish an
announcement that the server’s name accepts PQConnect connections. Any
PQConnect client connecting to that name efficiently finds this
announcement, automatically establishes a post-quantum point-to-point
IP tunnel to the server, and routes traffic for that name through that
tunnel.
Prof Dr. Tanja Lange joined Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) as
full professor in 2006. Her work bridges the gaps between algebraic
geometry, theoretical cryptography, and real-world information security.
She is an expert on curve-based cryptography and post-quantum cryptography.
Lange is on the editorial board for 3 journals and serves on 3 steering
committees, including the workshop series on Post-Quantum Cryptography.
She is a regular speaker at crypto and security conferences and has
written more than 100 publications, including an invited paper in Nature
reviewing Post-Quantum Cryptography.