Benchmarking Ternary Computing for Increased Information Assurance

Abstract

The objective of this research work was to develop a ternary based public key exchange scheme that is addressable to replace, or complement, the existing Public Key Infrastructures (PKI). The Ternary Addressable Public Key Infrastructure (TAPKI) leveraged arrays of physical unclonable functions (PUFs) and heterogeneous ternary/binary computing systems. Public, and private key pairs are binary streams while the core of the T-PKA is based on ternary logic. The communication between parties can occurs over untrusted channels, by exchanging dynamically generated public keys, and using legacy binary codes. The proposed ternary environment largely enhanced entropy, creating an additional level of cyber-protection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 11, 2019
Accession Number
AD1067826

Entities

People

  • Donald Telesca

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Authentication
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Cyber Protection
  • Diagrams
  • Environment
  • Information Assurance
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Quantum Key Distribution
  • Secure Communications
  • Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Cryptography